~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Description of Cover Portrait~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Henry Cooke, 11th Battalion of Wickepin, WA. He was born in Dinapore, India and served 12 years in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. An accountant prior to enlisting in August 1914, he embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 2 November 1914. Prior to embarkation he was promoted to Sergeant and, in October 1914, 2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Lt Cooke was reported missing in action at Gallipoli on 2 May 1915. It was later confirmed that he had been killed in action. He was 32 years of age. 2nd Lt Cooke is one of 685 soldiers who appear in a group portrait (P05717.001) of the original members of the 11th Battalion taken at the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops). He has been identified in the 2nd row, third from the right. AWM P08212.001
~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~~~
Service Number:--- 883
Born:--- Dinapore, India, 26th October 1882.
Schooling:--- Murree Memorial School, India.
Arrived in Australia:--- 29 years of age.
Home Town:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Accountant
Home Address:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 32 years.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Rosina Agnes Cooke, Wickepin, Western Australia.
Prior military service:--- Served in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
Attested into AIF:--- 27th August 1914, at Helen Vale, Western Australia.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private, 27th August 1914 to 31st August 1914.
Promotion:--- Sergeant, 1st September 1914 to 26th October 1914.
Promotion:--- Second Lieutenant, from 27th October 1914
Final Unit:--- 11th Battalion, F Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Fremantle, Western Australia, aboard HMAT A11 Ascanius, 2nd November 1914
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 2nd May 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial:---No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Parents:--- Alfred Edward Cooke and Elizabeth Catherine Davis married in India.
Wife:--- Rosetta Peffers married Joseph in Malta.
Memorials:--- Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing.
~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
COOKE, JOSEPH HENRY, Lieutenant, 11th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, son of Alfred Edward Cooke, of 35, Langton Street, Cathay, Bristol, retired Army Warrant Officer, and Barrack Master, late M.W.D., India, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of W. Davis; b. Dinapore, India, 26 Oct. 1882; educated in Military Schools in India; enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1899, and served with them 12 years; went to Western Australia and settled at Wickepin; volunteered on the outbreak of war; was made Sergeant and later promoted Lieutenant; served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there 2 May, 1915. He married at Malta, Rosie (Wickepin, Western Australia), daughter of (--) Peffers, and had three children. His brother, Company Sergeant-Major A. E. Cooke, was also killed in action.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Henry Cooke, 11th Battalion of Wickepin, WA. He was born in Dinapore, India and served 12 years in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. An accountant prior to enlisting in August 1914, he embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 2 November 1914. Prior to embarkation he was promoted to Sergeant and, in October 1914, 2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Lt Cooke was reported missing in action at Gallipoli on 2 May 1915. It was later confirmed that he had been killed in action. He was 32 years of age. 2nd Lt Cooke is one of 685 soldiers who appear in a group portrait (P05717.001) of the original members of the 11th Battalion taken at the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops). He has been identified in the 2nd row, third from the right. AWM P08212.001
~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~~~
Service Number:--- 883
Born:--- Dinapore, India, 26th October 1882.
Schooling:--- Murree Memorial School, India.
Arrived in Australia:--- 29 years of age.
Home Town:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Accountant
Home Address:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 32 years.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Rosina Agnes Cooke, Wickepin, Western Australia.
Prior military service:--- Served in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
Attested into AIF:--- 27th August 1914, at Helen Vale, Western Australia.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private, 27th August 1914 to 31st August 1914.
Promotion:--- Sergeant, 1st September 1914 to 26th October 1914.
Promotion:--- Second Lieutenant, from 27th October 1914
Final Unit:--- 11th Battalion, F Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Fremantle, Western Australia, aboard HMAT A11 Ascanius, 2nd November 1914
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 2nd May 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial:---No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Parents:--- Alfred Edward Cooke and Elizabeth Catherine Davis married in India.
Wife:--- Rosetta Peffers married Joseph in Malta.
Memorials:--- Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing.
~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
COOKE, JOSEPH HENRY, Lieutenant, 11th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, son of Alfred Edward Cooke, of 35, Langton Street, Cathay, Bristol, retired Army Warrant Officer, and Barrack Master, late M.W.D., India, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of W. Davis; b. Dinapore, India, 26 Oct. 1882; educated in Military Schools in India; enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1899, and served with them 12 years; went to Western Australia and settled at Wickepin; volunteered on the outbreak of war; was made Sergeant and later promoted Lieutenant; served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there 2 May, 1915. He married at Malta, Rosie (Wickepin, Western Australia), daughter of (--) Peffers, and had three children. His brother, Company Sergeant-Major A. E. Cooke, was also killed in action.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Description of Cover Portrait~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Henry Cooke, 11th Battalion of Wickepin, WA. He was born in Dinapore, India and served 12 years in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. An accountant prior to enlisting in August 1914, he embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 2 November 1914. Prior to embarkation he was promoted to Sergeant and, in October 1914, 2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Lt Cooke was reported missing in action at Gallipoli on 2 May 1915. It was later confirmed that he had been killed in action. He was 32 years of age. 2nd Lt Cooke is one of 685 soldiers who appear in a group portrait (P05717.001) of the original members of the 11th Battalion taken at the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops). He has been identified in the 2nd row, third from the right. AWM P08212.001
~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~~~
Service Number:--- 883
Born:--- Dinapore, India, 26th October 1882.
Schooling:--- Murree Memorial School, India.
Arrived in Australia:--- 29 years of age.
Home Town:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Accountant
Home Address:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 32 years.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Rosina Agnes Cooke, Wickepin, Western Australia.
Prior military service:--- Served in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
Attested into AIF:--- 27th August 1914, at Helen Vale, Western Australia.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private, 27th August 1914 to 31st August 1914.
Promotion:--- Sergeant, 1st September 1914 to 26th October 1914.
Promotion:--- Second Lieutenant, from 27th October 1914
Final Unit:--- 11th Battalion, F Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Fremantle, Western Australia, aboard HMAT A11 Ascanius, 2nd November 1914
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 2nd May 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial:---No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Parents:--- Alfred Edward Cooke and Elizabeth Catherine Davis married in India.
Wife:--- Rosetta Peffers married Joseph in Malta.
Memorials:--- Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing.
~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
COOKE, JOSEPH HENRY, Lieutenant, 11th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, son of Alfred Edward Cooke, of 35, Langton Street, Cathay, Bristol, retired Army Warrant Officer, and Barrack Master, late M.W.D., India, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of W. Davis; b. Dinapore, India, 26 Oct. 1882; educated in Military Schools in India; enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1899, and served with them 12 years; went to Western Australia and settled at Wickepin; volunteered on the outbreak of war; was made Sergeant and later promoted Lieutenant; served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there 2 May, 1915. He married at Malta, Rosie (Wickepin, Western Australia), daughter of (--) Peffers, and had three children. His brother, Company Sergeant-Major A. E. Cooke, was also killed in action.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Henry Cooke, 11th Battalion of Wickepin, WA. He was born in Dinapore, India and served 12 years in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. An accountant prior to enlisting in August 1914, he embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 2 November 1914. Prior to embarkation he was promoted to Sergeant and, in October 1914, 2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Lt Cooke was reported missing in action at Gallipoli on 2 May 1915. It was later confirmed that he had been killed in action. He was 32 years of age. 2nd Lt Cooke is one of 685 soldiers who appear in a group portrait (P05717.001) of the original members of the 11th Battalion taken at the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops). He has been identified in the 2nd row, third from the right. AWM P08212.001
~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~~~
Service Number:--- 883
Born:--- Dinapore, India, 26th October 1882.
Schooling:--- Murree Memorial School, India.
Arrived in Australia:--- 29 years of age.
Home Town:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Accountant
Home Address:--- Wickepin, Western Australia
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 32 years.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Rosina Agnes Cooke, Wickepin, Western Australia.
Prior military service:--- Served in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
Attested into AIF:--- 27th August 1914, at Helen Vale, Western Australia.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private, 27th August 1914 to 31st August 1914.
Promotion:--- Sergeant, 1st September 1914 to 26th October 1914.
Promotion:--- Second Lieutenant, from 27th October 1914
Final Unit:--- 11th Battalion, F Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Fremantle, Western Australia, aboard HMAT A11 Ascanius, 2nd November 1914
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 2nd May 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial:---No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Parents:--- Alfred Edward Cooke and Elizabeth Catherine Davis married in India.
Wife:--- Rosetta Peffers married Joseph in Malta.
Memorials:--- Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing.
~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
COOKE, JOSEPH HENRY, Lieutenant, 11th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, son of Alfred Edward Cooke, of 35, Langton Street, Cathay, Bristol, retired Army Warrant Officer, and Barrack Master, late M.W.D., India, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of W. Davis; b. Dinapore, India, 26 Oct. 1882; educated in Military Schools in India; enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1899, and served with them 12 years; went to Western Australia and settled at Wickepin; volunteered on the outbreak of war; was made Sergeant and later promoted Lieutenant; served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there 2 May, 1915. He married at Malta, Rosie (Wickepin, Western Australia), daughter of (--) Peffers, and had three children. His brother, Company Sergeant-Major A. E. Cooke, was also killed in action.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
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Second Lieutenant, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 32.
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