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Digital gallery of Sergeant William John Cook
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Cook
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Cook
Sergeant William John Cook<BR>
2nd Railway Battalion<BR>
(as a Private circa 1915)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Cook
William Cook, born 1884 in Victoria, Ontario, Canada, son of Henry Cook and Ann Lockhart. Grew up in Housey's Rapids (near Gravenhurst) and worked as a carpenter until he enlisted 23rd September 1914 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier. He served in England and France for the duration of the war but died of influenza at No. 14 Canadian General Hospital in Eastbourne, Sussex, England on the 8th February 1919 and is buried there in Seaford Cemetery. Two of William's brothers Harry Ray Cook and Stanley Perry Cook also served in WWI but survived to return home to Canada.
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Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
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Sergeant William John Cook<BR> 2nd Railway Battalion<BR> (as a Private circa 1915)
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William Cook, born 1884 in Victoria, Ontario, Canada, son of Henry Cook and Ann Lockhart. Grew up in Housey's Rapids (near Gravenhurst) and worked as a carpenter until he enlisted 23rd September 1914 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier. He served in England and France for the duration of the war but died of influenza at No. 14 Canadian General Hospital in Eastbourne, Sussex, England on the 8th February 1919 and is buried there in Seaford Cemetery. Two of William's brothers Harry Ray Cook and Stanley Perry Cook also served in WWI but survived to return home to Canada.
SEAFORD CEMETERY Sussex, United Kingdom
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