THE ROLL OF HONOUR

Southland Times, Issue 17790, 16 October 1917, Page 3

THE ROLL OF HONOUR

PRIVATE R. L. COOK. Private Richard Llywelyn Cook, reported to have died of shoulder and nip wounds on October 8, was 26 years old and a son of Mr and Mrs R. Cook, of Colac Bay, where he was schooled. Brunswick was his birthplace and he was sawmilling when he enlisted in the Twentieth. Concerning his death a correspondent writes : —“A gloom was cast over our little township on Thursday when word was received that Dick, as he was called, was dangerously wounded in the shoulder and thigh. About two hours later word came through that he had died of his wounds. Dick was the white-haired boy of Colac, everyone having a good word for him. Of a kind disposition, he was a loving boy to his _asred parents, who will feel the loss of the one they loved so well, he being the youngest and always at home where he looked after them. He was the second son to leave for the front, and wanted to get there earlier in the war, but his parents kept him at home. Dick was always a willing hand whenever any sport was going on, and did his share of football, cricket, chopping and sawing. He was also a prominent member of 'the rowing club, as well as an old volunteer in the Colac Rifles. His brother Bert left with the Main Body from Canterbury, and had done some fighting in Egypt before going to Gallipoli, where he received a bullet wound in the chest, but pulled through affright. George, another brother, did his share of fighting in South Africa. Now he is married and has a family around him.”-