John COOK

Regimental number32303
OccupationTeamster
Next of kinSister, Mrs T Fitzgibbons, Hampden, Otago
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No 11), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs J Fitzgibbon (formerly Cook), Hampden, North Otago, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 29

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