Lieutenant George Sydney COOK, a 28 year old Civil servant (and son of the Prime Minister Joseph Cook) from "Koro Vo", Baulkham Hills, New South Wales. He enlisted on 27 August 1914 and was allotted to the 2nd Battalion, H Company which embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914. COOK subsequently was Wounded in Action, 25 April 1915 and then Wounded in Action, 8 August 1915. After the Great War, COOK Returned to Australia 6 October 1919. COOK was awarded the DSO and Mention in Despatches twice.

Sydney Mail, 26 May 1915, p. 18.

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George Sydney COOK.