Graham Cook
{{short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}
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|fullname = Graham Walker Cook
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|09|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = Russell, New Zealand
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|07|11|1893|09|16|df=y}}
|death_place = France
|height = {{convert|177.8|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|75.3|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|SR}}
|club1 = Ponsonby United
|year1start = 1915
|year1end =
|appearances1 = 8
|tries1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 0
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|updated = 29 April 2022
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Graham Walker Cook (16 September 1893 – 11 July 1916) was a New Zealander who was killed in World War I.
Early life
Cook was born in Russell in 1893 and was the eldest son of Captain T. W. Cook. The family moved to Auckland and he was educated at Ponsonby District School. He did well at school and won a place in the "High School at Wellington" where he studied for two years. His family again returned to Auckland when he was 16 and he finished his education at Auckland Grammar School. He joined the Auckland Gas Company where he was working at the time of his enlistment in the army.{{cite news
| title =Private Graham W. Cook
| page =6
| publisher =Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 204
| date = 1916-08-26
| url =https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19160826.2.26
| accessdate = 2020-01-14}}
Playing career
He played as a junior for the Ponsonby United and debuted for their senior team in 1915.{{cite news
| title =The League Game
| page =10
| publisher =New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16286
| date = 2016-07-20
| url =https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19160720.2.85
| accessdate = 2020-01-10}}
Death
Cook enlisted in the army during World War I and embarked on the Aparima on 29 February 1916.{{cite news
| title =Graham Walker Cook
| page =1
| publisher =Auckland Museum
| date = 2020-01-14
| url =https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C3066
| accessdate = 2020-01-14}} He was killed in France on 11 July 1916.John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 48.
References
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External links
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Cook Search for "Cook" at rugbyleagueproject.org]
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Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Auckland rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand military personnel killed in World War I
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Ponsonby Ponies players