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Military service
Service number:
460079
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
February 5, 1894
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Henry and Lizzie Cooke, of Bonlea, The Commons, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal John Cooke
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 385 of 818. -
Photo of John (Jack) Cooke
Lance Corporal John (Jack) Cooke died in the same battle of Passchendaele as his neighbors LC TJ Miller CEF JH Deeves CEF JJ Anderson Middlesex Regiment and Henry Cantwell Irish Guards. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Cooke
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Cooke
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Cooke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 219 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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