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Cook,

Claude Lorrain Colin

Driver. 10th Light Horse. SN 161. Returned 29.8.1915. Invalided

Date Enlisted 05/10/1914
Service Number SN 161
Age of Enlistment 21 years
Place of Enlistment Guildford, WA
Place of Birth Albany, WA
Previous Military Experience 3rd Squadron 18 ALH 1 year and cadets
Occupation Loco hand
Marital Status Single
Religion Church of England
School Attended Guildford Grammar School
Address History Brother - F R Cook c/- Moojebing, WA
Cause of Death or Invalided
Returned Invalided

Military History


Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Mashobra’ 8.2.1915 for Egypt.
Roll Rank Trooper- Driver.
Roll Unit 10th Light Horse.
Cook disembarked at Suez with the 10th Light Horse Regiment. He was admitted to the 2nd General Hospital at Mena with colitis 17.4.1915. Cook was listed for early return as an invalid.
Embarked Suez for Australia per ‘Euripides' 29.8.1915.
Returned/Disembarked Fremantle 29.8.1915.
Discharged 6.1.1916 as medically unfit.
Final Rank Driver, 10th Light Horse.
Medical Condition Invalided with Asteria.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes It is not possible from the records viewed, to ascertain which military engagements  Campbell participated in.
Photos SS 'Mashobra'. Photographer unknown, photograph source Naval Collection AWM P10509.023.001
             Mena Camp. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A02741
             2nd Australian General Hospital Mena, originally Mena Hotel. Photographer J.P. Campbell, donor  J. Campbell. Photograph source AWM H03082            
             HMAT 'Euripides' 1915. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM PB0374


Information Source
AWM P10509.023.001. SS 'Mashobra'. Photographer unknown, photograph source Naval Collection  of the Australian War Memorial
AWM A02741. Mena Camp. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H03082. 2nd Australian General Hospital Mena, originally Mena Hotel. Photographer J.P. Campbell, donor  J. Campbell. Photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM PB0374. HMAT 'Euripides' 1915. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll- Claude Lorraine Cook
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
NAA: B2455, Cook C L C

C/- Moojebing, WA.

Associated Images

SS 'Mashobra'. Photographer unknown, photograph source Naval Collection AWM P10509.023.001
SS 'Mashobra'. Photographer unknown, photograph source Naval Collection AWM P10509.023.001
Mena Camp. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A02741
Mena Camp. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A02741
2nd Australian General Hospital Mena, originally Mena Hotel. Photographer J.P. Campbell, donor  J. Campbell. Photograph source AWM H03082
2nd Australian General Hospital Mena, originally Mena Hotel. Photographer J.P. Campbell, donor J. Campbell. Photograph source AWM H03082
HMAT 'Euripides' 1915. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM PB0374
HMAT 'Euripides' 1915. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM PB0374