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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Donald Whitman Cook
Rank:
Private
Service No:
F/7101
Regiment/Service:
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Date of Birth:
October 16, 1918
Place of Birth:
Central Chebogue, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
October 11, 1939
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth NS
Address At Enlistment:
Central Chebogue, Yarmouth Co., NS
Age at Enlistment:
20
Height: 5 feet, 7½ inches
Weight: 140 lbs.
Complexion: Medium
Eyes:
Brown
Hair: Black
Previous Military:
6th AA Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, Yarmouth, NS
Trade:
Farmer
Marital Status:
Single (at enlistment)
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
Mildred Belle Cook (Mother) Central Chebogue, Yarmouth Co., NS
Private Donald Cook was the son of Frank G. and Mildred Belle Cook, of Central Chebogue, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia. He
married Elizabeth Madeline Cook, of Central Chebogue on March 24, 1940. They had three children, Wayne Whitman Cook,
Gregory Morton Cook, and Donald Fraser Cook.
He was killed in action while serving in Holland.
Date of Death:
October 13, 1944
Age at Death:
26
Cemetery:
Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery
(Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
Grave Reference:
1. G. 8.
The 26th name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Commemorated on page 278 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Page is displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 15
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Donald Whitman Cook