Topic: AIF - 3B - 3 LHMGS
3rd LHMGS, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
Roll of Honour
Allan James Cooke
Allan James Cooke
Service number: 46
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 10th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: COOKE, Tpr. Allan James, 46. 10th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 9th Aug., 1916. Age 26. Son of John and Mary Cooke, of 103, Mandurah Rd., Fremantle, Western Australia. B. 94.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Allan James Cooke from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 46 |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Address | E Pengelly, Western Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Next of kin | Madge Cook, Wandurah Road, South Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Enlistment date | 25 October 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 10th Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/15/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 17 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds 9 August 1916 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 94), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 7 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Mary COOKE, 103 Mandurah Road, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHMGS, Roll of Honour, Allan James Cooke
