LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Alfred Harold COOK
Service No: 61773
Born: Tuena NSW, 22 July 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 January 1942
Unit: No. 1 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Brooklyn VIC, 4 November 1943, Aged 34 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Samuel and Clarice Mabel Cook, of Tuena, New South Wales; husband of Vera Jane Cook, of Belmore, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Tuena NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At about 1700 hours on 4 November 1943, Aircraftman Class I Cook, a Wireless Assistant, died from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident when riding as a pillion on a motor cycle on Geelong Road near Boundary Road, Brooklyn.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/8/287