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Military service
Service number:
B/144191
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. C. 12.
Additional information
Son of Benjamin Calhoune and Sarah Jane Cook, of Orangeville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
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Photo of Etsel John Cook
Corporal Cook enlisted in 1943 and joined the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1944 prior to D-Day. He was in Dog Company and was one of the group of six riflemen taken captive by the 12 SS Panzer Division at Le Mesnil Patry. He and the others were executed about 17 June near the town of Mouen. -
Obituary
This obituary of Lance Corporal Cook was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Lance Corporal Cook's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C in June 1997. -
37 Canadians Place
The town of Authie, France honoured 37 Canadian soldiers by naming a street after them. The young Canadians, mostly from the Maritimes, were part of the D-Day invasion and were killed while trying to liberate the town from the Germans. -
Photo 2 of 37 Canadians place
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Plaque
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Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Etsel John Cook
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 278 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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