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Trooper Joseph Cook

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Joseph William Cook

Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1880

Ancestor's date of death: 27/09/1953

Cause of Death: Not known

Service Number: 66

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided

Unit: A Squadron, 5th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided

Murray Page: 187

Contingent: 3rd Australian

Ship: Columbian, Date of Sailing: 22/05/1902

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: Detail not provided

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: A Squadron represented the NSW Lancers and troops in localities covered by this regiment. This splended battalion had no chance to display its capabilities,the war having ended before its arrival. The battalion again embarked at Durban on the transport Manchester Merchant on July 1st 1902 and disembarked at Sydney on 1st August 1902.

Service and life after the Boer War: Detail not provided

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Sandra Hawkins, Berowra NSW

Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter


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