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Cooke, Bradford Alexander

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Identification

Regimental number: 910863
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 196th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 14 Apr 1890, North Oxford Twp., ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-2079, HR-2080, HR-2081

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1914 Arts 1916 grad B.A. 1916

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 29 Feb 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Methodist
Age: 25 years, 10 months
Height (inches): 70.00
Chest expansion (inches): 37.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 4.50
Marks: absence of part of 1st phalanx index f., lt hand
Previous military service: regular
Previous military service (length): 2 yrs
Notes: 15th Argyle Light Infantry

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
196th Bn           
RAF           
19th Res Bn           
CMS           
9th Res           
Alta Regt            seconded to RAF

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Sergeant  
Lieutenant  

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  10 Mar 1918

Family

Father: Cooke, B G
Father's Address: Beachville, ON, Canada (1916)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Beachville  student 1914 1916 U of S Calendar
Dept. of Agriculture, Regina    1928   1928 list
1928 list = "List of Students who enlisted during the Great War," U of S Archives. The list was completed after F. Underhill went to the University of Toronto in 1927; probably in conjunction with the Memorial Gates. Some of the addresses may be from an earlier date.

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 1938 - 21
College Building list #: 255
Roll of Honour list #: 46
Roll of Service (1928) #: 128
Long List #: 128

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