Cyril Chester COOKES

Regimental number6/1268
Addressc/o Sailors Home, Lyttelton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, T S Cookes, 12 Boskly Villa, North Cliff, Withersea, Hull, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Thomas S Cookes
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Second