Frederick Eli Hitchon COOKE

Regimental number2/835
AddressParkside, Caversham, Dunedin
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs L H Cooke, Parkside, Caversham, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
No 1 Field Artillery Brigade left New Zealand on board 'Willochra'; No 4 Howitzer Battery on board 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCaptain
Final unit5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 14 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 8), Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred Meadows Cooke and Charlotte Ann Cooke. Wife: Louisa Henrietta Cooke, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Second