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Robert Geoffrey Cook

In memory of:

Squadron Leader Robert Geoffrey Cook

December 4, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/6276

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

431 Sqdn.

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Cross

Additional Information

Son of William Hamilton Cook and Marguereta Agnes Cook, of Toronto, Ontario.

Squadron Leader Robert Geoffrey Cook has been honoured by having Mount Cook named after him. The location of Mount Cook is in Yukon (105F15- 61° 55’ 49”- 132° 54’ 40”)

Commemorated on Page 148 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

4. Z. 23.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Squadron Leader Robert Geoffrey Cook is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Squadron Leader Robert Geoffrey Cook is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Squadron Leader Robert Geoffrey Cook is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Squadron Leader Robert Geoffrey Cook is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ROBERT GEOFFREY COOK– In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Photo of ROBERT GEOFFREY COOK – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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    R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • R H King Academy– In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • R H King Academy– In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Memorial– TO HONOUR THE MEN OF E. & S. CURRIE LTD. WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY, AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO IN SO DOING GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 - 1945 ROBERT GEOFFREY COOK, R.C.A.C. DAVID EDWIN GILLES, R.C.A.C. ROBERT HENRY, R.C.N. KENNETH GRAHAM LAVERY, R.C.A.F. GORDON POSTE, 48TH H. OF C. THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD. AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOT THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. LAWRENCE BINYON Memorial plaque #20060086-001 Canadian War Museum

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    Memorial – TO HONOUR THE MEN OF E. & S. CURRIE LTD. WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY, AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO IN SO DOING GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 - 1945 ROBERT GEOFFREY COOK, R.C.A.C. DAVID EDWIN GILLES, R.C.A.C. ROBERT HENRY, R.C.N. KENNETH GRAHAM LAVERY, R.C.A.F. GORDON POSTE, 48TH H. OF C. THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD. AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOT THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. LAWRENCE BINYON Memorial plaque #20060086-001 Canadian War Museum
  • Cemetery– Entrance sign to the Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery – Entrance sign to the Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery – Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery – Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave Marker – Grave marker - Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Grave Marker – Grave Marker

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