Soldier profiles
Name : COOK, PHILLIP GARTON
Service Number : VX17428
Date of Birth : 13/05/1901
Place of Birth : MIRBOO NORTH, VIC
Known as : PHIL
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 25/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : HALLSTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : COOK, HARRY
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : A COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) : 1941 WOUNDED IN SYRIA
Discharged : 13/11/1945
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0018 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6212063 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 105kB), Past article (size 44kB)
Background : Reported missing in Syria by The Argus 07/07/1941 (P.O.W.?).
