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Military service
Service number:
171060
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
May 14, 1881
Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 9, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 18, 1916
Mont Sorrel, Ypres, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of James Cook and Mary McKenzie (deceased in 1904), of Tron Place, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.
He was part of a group of 19 Anglophones sent by mistake as reinforcements to the 22nd Battalion, a Francophone unit. One month later, they had all been transferred to the 24th Battalion, except two of them.
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Private Robert McKenzie Cook, Born Largs, Ayrshire Scotland, 14 May 1881. Emigrated to Canada 7 April 1907. Died June 18, 1916. -
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Private Robert Mckenzie Cook
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Private Robert Mckenzie Cook
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Private Robert Mckenzie Cook
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Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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