Herbert Henry Cook (1876 - bef. 1947)

Born 22 Jul 1876 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

• Father's Name: Joseph Cook
• Mother's Name: Elizabeth Ann Morgan^[1] His father's occupation was tanner.

In 1917 he was appointed to an advisory committee as representative of the Master Tanners. The committee had been set up as part of the War Precautions Leather Industries Regulations ^[2]

Herbert Henry Cook was a tanner. In 1921 he was appointed to the Tanners Wages Board. ^[3]

Also in 1921 he attended an inquest at the Glenorchy Courthouse into the death of a man at Messrs J Cook and Sons' tannery, at Glenorchy ^[4]

In 1922 he was sued by George Sweeney for damages after having an affair with May Sweeney, aged 25^[5]

He also incurred a number of traffic infringements in 1923 ^[6], 1925^[7] and 1926^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-Z3FQ : 26 August 2016), Herbert Henry Cook, 1876.
2. ↑ The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Sat 2 Jun 1917 Page 6 CONTROL OF LEATHER INDUSTRY. [1]
3. ↑ The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 8 Jun 1921 Page 5 TANNERS' WAGES BOARD. [2]
4. ↑ The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) View title info Tue 2 Aug 1921 Page 7 THE GLENORCHY ELECTROCUTION. [3]
5. ↑ The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Tue 31 Oct 1922 Page 5 A DIVORCE CASE IN MELBOURNE [4]
6. ↑ World (Hobart, Tas. : 1918 - 1924) Thu 28 Jun 1923 Page 8 CITY POLICE COURT. [5]
7. ↑ The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Fri 24 Apr 1925 Page 5 POLICE COURT NEWS [6]
8. ↑ The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 16 Jun 1926 Page 10 TRAFFIC CASES [7]

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