248 Private James John COOK, a 19 year old Monumental mason from Church Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales. He enlisted on 1 October 1914 and was allotted to the 13th Battalion, C Company which embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 19 October 1914. COOK subsequently was Wounded in Action, 30 April 1915. During the Great War, COOK Returned to Australia, 19 October 1918.

Sydney Mail, 26 May 1915, p. 10.