Edwin
Eustace
Cook
II
Born about in Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Edwin Eustace Cook I
and Cecilia (Bryce) Unthank
Brother of
Felix Ingmire Cook, Richard Unthank [half], Daisy (Unthank) Moloney [half], Hector Bryce Unthank [half], Bertha May (Unthank) Hamill [half], Thomas Unthank [half], Jane Isabel (Unthank) Unwin [half] and Dorothy (Unthank) Ryan [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 41
in France
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Dec 2015
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Biography
EDWIN EUSTACE COOK (II) (Cook-13926)
PARENTS. Edwin Eustace Cook (I) & Cecilia (Bryce) Cook
BIRTH. abt. 1877, Victoria, Australia
MARRIAGE. Never married
WWI Service:
- Enlistment: Cook Edwin Eustace : SERN 3853 : POB Melbourne VIC : POE York WA : NOK M Unthank Cecilia
- First World War Embarkation Rolls:
- Edwin Eustace Cook
- Service Number: 3853
- Rank: Private
- Roll title: 51 Infantry Battalion - 2 to 11 Reinforcements (April 1916 - October 1917)
- Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
- Date of embarkation: 30 October 1917
- Place of embarkation: Melbourne
- Ship embarked on: HMAT Aeneas A60
Digitised Record: 3853, Cook, Edwin Eustace, Private, 38, Labourer, S, 647 Beaufort-street, Perth, Western Australia, NOK: Mother, Mrs C. Unthank, Somerville, Victoria, Pres, Enlisted 9.7.17, 51st Infantry Batt. 11th Reinforcements
DEATH. 25 Apr 1918, France
DEATH. COOK.— Killed in action in France on the 25 April, Pte. E. E. Cook. 11/51 Battalion, beloved son of Cecilia Unthank, loving brother of Felix (on active service) , and Mrs. Gunner. Peace, perfect peace, — Inserted by his sorrowing mother and half brother and sister Dorothy and Tom.
Roll of Honour:
- Edwin Eustace Cook
- Service Number: 3853
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 51st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Service: Australian Army
- Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
- Conflict eligibility date: First World War, 1914-1921
- Date of death: 25 April 1918
- Place of death: France
- Cause of death: Killed in action
- Place of association: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Cemetery or memorial details: Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
- Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Sources
- WWI Service: Embarkation: https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1918288/
- Digitised Record:
- Enlistment:
- Death Notice: The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 6 Jun 1918, p1 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/155088497
- Roll of Honour: https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1728384/
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