Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

John Cook

In memory of:

Private John Cook

October 8, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

141653

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

4th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

May 14, 1894

Son of Henry Cook, of Coulson, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 70 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. C. 8.

Location:

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • 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 265 of 818. Private Cook was initially buried 1 mile North East of Courcelette, 4 1/4 miles South West of Bapaume. His body was exhumed and re-interred in Adanac Military Cemetery, which was made after the Armistice, when soldiers' remains were brought in from the Canadian battlefields around Courcelette and small cemeteries surrounding Miraumont.

    Details

    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 265 of 818. Private Cook was initially buried 1 mile North East of Courcelette, 4 1/4 miles South West of Bapaume. His body was exhumed and re-interred in Adanac Military Cemetery, which was made after the Armistice, when soldiers' remains were brought in from the Canadian battlefields around Courcelette and small cemeteries surrounding Miraumont.

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: