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Digital gallery of Private Joseph Cooke
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Photo of Joseph Cooke
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Photo of Joseph Cooke
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Joseph Cooke
L- R Joe, Elizabeth and Ken Cooke. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Joseph Cooke
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOSEPH COOKE
Joe Cooke and friend -
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Joe's parents, Joseph Cooke and Elizabeth Aitkenhead Cooke visit their son's grave in 1962. -
Cap badge
Joe's WWII Essex Scottish cap badge. -
Photo of Joseph Cooke
Joseph Cooke was killed on his first day in combat; he died during the fighting for the Dutch village of Woensdrecht.
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Cooke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 278 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY is located 39 Km north west of Antwerp and 19 Km after passing the Border into the Netherlands. The N11 connects Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom via Kapellen, Pulte, Hoogerheide and finally on to Bergen op Zoom.
On reaching Bergen op Zoom railway station turn right onto the Stationsplein and after 200 M turn right onto the Bredastraat. Follow this road for 500 M where it becomes Wouwsestraatweg and carry straight on for 2.5 kilometres. The street name has now changed to the Ruytershoveweg and the BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY can be found on the left of this street. Steps into cemetery (not suitable for wheelchairs).
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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