Thomas Robert COOKE

Regimental number2/2098
AddressBowen Street, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, G Cooke, Bowen Street, Napier
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
Members of the 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, embarked on board three ships: HMNZT 32 'Aparima', HMNZT 33 'Navua', and HMNZT 34 'Warrimoo'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankActing Bombardier
Final unit3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 8 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 61), Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Cooke, Leicester, England, and Hokitika, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Seventh