Robert Gray COOKE

Regimental number7/1602
AddressHagley Road, Riccarton, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, J Cooke, Hagley Road, Riccarton, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 81), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mercy Cooke, 35 Hagley Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Seventh