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John Ernest Cook

In memory of:

Private John Ernest Cook

October 26, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

790122

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 29, 1883

Son of John and Margaret Cook, of Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Kate Cook, of Edmonds, Burnaby, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 219 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

V. C. 9.

Location:

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is located 7 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Zonnebekestraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332), connecting Ieper to Zonnebeke. Two roads connect Ieper town centre onto the Zonnebeekseweg. The Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto a small roundabout, at the roundabout the first right turn is Basculestraat. At the end of Basculestraat there is a cross roads and Zonnebeekseweg is the turning to the left. 7 Km along the Zonnebeekseweg in the village of Zonnebeke, lies the left hand turning onto the Langemarkstraat, (further on this street name changes to Zonnebekestraat). The DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY lies 1.5 Km along this road on the left hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of John Cook– Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of John Cook – Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 273 of 818. Private Cook was initially buried near Otto Farm Cemetery. Subsequently, his body was exhumed and re-interred in Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, which was created after the Armistice to serve as a final resting place for the remains of soldiers previously buried in isolated graves in the battlefields of Boesinghe, St. Julien, Frezenberg and Passchendaele.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 273 of 818. Private Cook was initially buried near Otto Farm Cemetery. Subsequently, his body was exhumed and re-interred in Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, which was created after the Armistice to serve as a final resting place for the remains of soldiers previously buried in isolated graves in the battlefields of Boesinghe, St. Julien, Frezenberg and Passchendaele.
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