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Son of Allan James and Janet Hook, of Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Brother of Lieutenant Duncan Hook of the same regiment who was killed in action on August 7, 1915 and Lieutenant Geoffrey Hook, Royal Air Force, who died of illness on October 4, 1918. Robin and Duncan were civil engineers in Canada when the war broke out and they joined the fight.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Robin Hook
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robin Hook
Image courtesy of W.R.P.F. Visit to the Gallipoli Peninsula: June 2012.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robin Hook
News article from Calgary Herald advising of the death of S/Lt. Robin Hook and Lt. Duncan Hook who served in the same regiment and lost their lives two days apart, Robin on August 7, 1915 and August 9, 1915 respectively.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robin Hook
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of August 31, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11815075/Daily-Telegraph-August-31-1915.html
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robin Hook
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Image gallery
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Image courtesy of W.R.P.F. Visit to the Gallipoli Peninsula: June 2012.
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News article from Calgary Herald advising of the death of S/Lt. Robin Hook and Lt. Duncan Hook who served in the same regiment and lost their lives two days apart, Robin on August 7, 1915 and August 9, 1915 respectively.
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Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of August 31, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11815075/Daily-Telegraph-August-31-1915.html
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 567 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HILL 10 CEMETERY Turkey
Hill 10 is a low isolated mound on the north side of the Salt Lake, close to the sea shore, inland from Suvla Bay.
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