Studio portrait of 7007 Sergeant James David Cook, 19th Battalion of Llandilo via St Marys, NSW. ...

Accession Number P08624.336
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 7007 Sergeant James David Cook, 19th Battalion of Llandilo via St Marys, NSW. A professional soldier, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 28 February 1918. On 8 August 1918, he was killed in action near Amiens, France, aged 23. He is buried in the Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France.