NEW ZEALAND V.C.
PRIVATE THOMAS COOKE. DEATH BESIDE HIS GUN. i Included in the list of recipients of the Victoria Cross, contained iii a cablegram from London on Tuesday, was the name of a native of New Zealand, Private Thomas Cooke. It is officially announced that the high decoration was awarded for taking guns in a dangerous ;part of the line and sticking to his post under the heaviest *lre. When assistance was sent Private Cooke was found dead be- ; side his gun, Private Cooke, who was 35 years of age, resided for many years in Wellington, where he worked as a builder. About, six years ago he went to Australia, being employed there until he left with the Australian forces. iPii- • vate Cooke leaves a widow and three children. In a letter to a friend in 3 Auckland Mrs. Cooke states tlhat slie received notilication 6y cablegram that he was killed on July 2S.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1916, Page 2
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155NEW ZEALAND V.C. Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1916, Page 2
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