AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Cook, Eric Henry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Cook ​

• FORENAME

Eric Henry ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX69680 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 11.11.1919 Sheffield,Yorkshire,England​

son of Frank and Leah Cook,South Yardley,Birmingham,England​

enlisted 11.3.1941 Paddington,New South Wales​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

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