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PLAQUE NO 23: Bullecourt

Lt W.E. (William) Cook (1900-02)

28th Battalion
Killed in Action: Bullecourt
27 March 1917. Age 25.
PLAQUE NO 25:
Lieutenant William Cook attended Hale School from 1900 to
1902. He joined the Western Australian 28th Battalion early in
1916. Lt John A. Shadwick

He survived the first year or so in France until he went into the (1900-01)
line in Bullecourt, the location where more Australians were
killed than in any other battle in our history.
48th Battalion
Dedicated by Hale School. Killed in Action: Bullecourt
Placed by the then President of the Hale Old Boys' 11 April 1917. Age 25
Association, Mr Mark Rogers (1970-75), accompanied by his
son Alexander (1994-03). Lieutenant John Shadwick was a staff member at
Hale School before the outbreak of the Great War. He
PLAQUE NO 24: subsequently joined the 48th Battalion and was killed
in action at Bullecourt.
Pte Frederick S. Miller (1900-02) Dedicated by Hale School

Placed by Mr Brian Heibner, then President of the
Hale School Staff Common Room Association.
51st Battalion
Killed in Action: Bullecourt
2 April 1917. Age 32.

Private Fred Miller was from Cottelsoe. After leaving school
he worked on station properties in the north-west of the state.
He joined the 51st Battalion as a reinforcement in 1916 and
was killed at Bullecourt on 2nd April 1917.

Dedicated by Hale School.
Placed by his niece Mrs Constance Barrett-Lennard, assisted
by her grandson, Old Haleian Nicholas Clark (1991-98).