Sergeant Clive William Hugh Cooke

Clive William Hugh Cooke was born on 28 August 1913 in southwestern Quebec. A bilingual mechanic and store clerk from Rockburn, he enlisted in the RCAF at Huntingdon on 13 July 1940. He served as an aero engine mechanic at training schools, with No. 127 Fighter Squadron in Nova Scotia and Gander, Newfoundland, and with No. 164 Squadron and No. 4 Repair Depot in New Brunswick, attaining Sergeant. He married Agnes Stevenson at Curling on 20 March 1943; their son Brian was born at Moncton in September 1944. Honourably discharged at Lachine on 5 July 1945, he planned a general store or mechanical business and received re-establishment assistance for garage equipment. His awards were the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and War Medal 1939–45. Clive William Hugh Cooke died on 22 February 1956.

1913-08-28 — Born; certified baptismal extracts name Franklin Centre, most service records Rockburn — Franklin Centre, Quebec
1939-12 — Earlier RCAF application unsuccessful for insufficient papers — Montreal, Quebec
1940-07-13 — Enlisted RCAF Special Reserve as AC2, Standard Aero Engine Mechanic; trade test passed but weak in theory; Category A — Mobile Unit, Huntingdon, Quebec
1940-07-15 — Travelled by CNR via Montreal; taken on strength — No. 1 Manning Depot, Toronto, Ontario
1940-07-16 — Award verification: no awards or medals held — No. 1 Manning Depot, Toronto, Ontario
1940-07-17 — Dental examination, vaccination and negative chest X-ray; TAB/TABT series through July — Toronto, Ontario
1940-07-24 — Posted from Toronto depot — RCAF Station Ottawa / Rockcliffe, Ontario
1940-10-25 — Struck off Rockcliffe for Toronto; taken on depot strength 26 October — No. 1 Manning Depot, Toronto, Ontario
1940-11-04 — Completed anti-gas training — No. 1 Manning Depot, Toronto, Ontario
1940-11-15 — Taken on strength for technical training — Technical Training School, St. Thomas, Ontario
1940-12-23 to 1940-12-28 — Absent without leave, 0200 on 23 December to 0600 on 28 December, five days four hours — Technical Training School, St. Thomas, Ontario
1940-12-28 to 1941-01-03 — Awarded 168 hours detention by G/C R. Collis; six days pay forfeited — Technical Training School, St. Thomas, Ontario
1941-01-22 — Group C trade-test entry apparently F; remained Standard AEM — Technical Training School, St. Thomas, Ontario
1941-02-03 to 1941-02-06 — Hospitalized for pharyngitis/laryngitis; admission 2 February in register, discharged cured — RCAF Station Hospital, St. Thomas, Ontario
1941-03-01 — Dental extraction; fillings and further extraction later in March — St. Thomas, Ontario
1941-03-26 — Struck off technical school for Macdonald; taken on strength 27 March — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-04 — Assigned $4 monthly pay to war savings; cancelled effective 1 December — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-04-18 — Bridge recemented; extractions on 22 April — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-06-24 — Reclassified AC1 and remustered Aero Engine Mechanic Group C; Group B test 62 and later certification also recorded — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-07-04 — One day flying pay awarded, recorded in August; dental restorations same day — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-07-07 to 1941-07-21 — Partial lower denture constructed: impression 7 July, wax bite 9 July, inserted 21 July — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-07-16 — Positive Schick test; diphtheria toxoid subsequently administered — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-08-08 to 1941-08-22 — Fourteen days special/compassionate leave after mother underwent two severe operations; granted 7 August — Rockburn, Quebec / No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School
1941-08-26 — Parcel investigation: continued to deny receipt but willing to abandon claim; insured parcel had been posted 18 March — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-09-08 — Identification card, portrait and fingerprints recorded as AC1 — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-09-08 to 1941-09-22 — Separate register reads fourteen days special leave; possibly variant of August leave — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-09-17 — AEM Group B test result 65 — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-09-24 — Reclassified Leading Aircraftman and remustered AEM Group B — No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba
1941-09-28 — Struck off No. 3 school for Lethbridge; earlier register reads 25 September — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-09-29 — Taken on strength at Lethbridge — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-10-15 — Adjutant requested resolution of conflicting Group B remustering dates — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-10-26 — LAC reclassification approved retrospectively from 24 September; described as reliable and knowing his trade — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-11-05 to 1941-11-13 — Hospital treatment for acute gonorrhoea with sulphathiazole; returned after treatment — Lethbridge Military Hospital, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-11-20 — Register apparently records seven-day pay stoppage; exact effective day uncertain — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-11-22 — AEM Group A test 69.5, marked F in later register — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-11-24 to 1941-12-01 — Lower denture repaired and reinserted — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-12-04 to 1941-12-18 — Fourteen days annual leave — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1941-12-30 to 1942-01-05 — New Year leave; register counts five days — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1942-01-12 — Dental filling, date somewhat uncertain; lower denture adjusted 18 February — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1942-03-23 — Temporary-duty and return entries involving No. 4 Training Command; duplicate may read March 1943 — No. 4 Training Command, location not established
1942-04-01 — AEM Group A test 68.5, marked failed; one register instead dates 2 March — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1942-05-07 — Blood group A recorded; another entry at Gander dated 7 June — No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta
1942-05-31 — Struck off Lethbridge for No. 127; one register reads 21 May — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Sydney, Nova Scotia
1942-06-01 — Taken on No. 127 strength; arrival annotation 5 June — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Sydney, Nova Scotia
1942-06-29 to 1942-07-13 — Fourteen days annual leave with ration allowance; unclear forfeiture/restoration entries overlap period — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Sydney, Nova Scotia
1942-07-16 — Struck off Sydney for Dartmouth — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1942-07-17 — Taken on Dartmouth station strength and attached to No. 127 Squadron — RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1942-08-26 — Departed Dartmouth for Newfoundland; cancelled beyond-Canada duty annotation is not a separate voyage — Gander, Newfoundland
1942-08-27 — Taken on strength at Gander — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1942-10-01 — Qualified AEM Group A and appointed paid acting/temporary corporal; headquarters approval 9 October — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1942-12-01 — Review recommended temporary rank; December assessment praised superior proficiency and leadership — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-01-27 — Partial upper denture repaired, abbreviation uncertain — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-02-18 — Recommended Sergeant as very efficient NCO; passed drill tests; possible future officer material — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-03-01 — Appointed paid acting/temporary sergeant; headquarters approval 8 May — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-03-11 — Marriage application approved for Agnes M. Stevenson — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-03-20 — Married Agnes Stevenson with permission under United Church rites; dependants allowance effective — Curling, Newfoundland
1943-03-27 — Marriage evidence certified; forwarded by squadron 29 March — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-07-12 — Annual TABT inoculation; equipment deficiency acknowledgement — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-07-15 — Transferred from Gander to Dartmouth; intake 19 July, alternate arrival 20 July — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1943-07-19 — Promotion review and assessment at Gander recommended temporary rank; good leadership, superior trade proficiency — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
1943-08-17 to 1943-09-07 — Twenty-one days annual/special or compassionate leave — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1943-09-09 — Ration allowance entitlement recorded — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1943-09-14 — Dental treatment, abbreviations uncertain — No. 127 Fighter Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1943-10-01 — Transferred from Dartmouth; duplicate has SOS 28 September and Lachine TOS 29 September — No. 1 T.T.D., No. 5 M.D., Lachine, Quebec
1943-10-02 — Taken on strength at Lachine in corroborating register — No. 1 T.T.D., No. 5 M.D., Lachine, Quebec
1943-12-17 to 1943-12-18 — Vulcanite partial lower denture repaired and delivered — Lachine, Quebec
1943-12-31 — Unclear attachment recorded to unit numbered 14 for all purposes — Lachine, Quebec; receiving unit unidentified
1944-01-15 — CVSM ribbon and clasp entitlement recorded — Lachine, Quebec
1944-01-20 to 1944-01-27 — Seven-day annual leave in one register; duplicate gives April rather than January — Lachine, Quebec
1944-02-24 to 1944-02-25 — Tooth replaced in partial lower denture and denture delivered — Lachine, Quebec
1944-04-05 — Posted from Lachine to EAC administrative unit; arrival field elsewhere 22 April — Eastern Air Command Administrative Unit, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1944-04-13 — Struck off EAC administrative unit for Moncton — Moncton, New Brunswick
1944-04-14 — Moncton intake; detailed register reads No. 4 RD, No. 164 Squadron independently documented by May — No. 164 Squadron, Moncton, New Brunswick
1944-04-20 to 1944-04-27 — Seven-day annual leave in duplicate register; January variant retained separately — Moncton, New Brunswick
1944-05-27 — Passed Aerodrome Defence Course for Secondary Force; attentive and determined; weapons, fieldcraft, first aid and gas subjects — No. 164 Squadron, Moncton, New Brunswick
1944-06-30 — Transferred from No. 164 Squadron and taken on repair depot strength; posting order 29 June — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-07-01 to 1944-07-15 — Ration allowance 50 cents daily; ceased 15 July — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-07-17 — Dental scaling and prophylaxis; other completion date 13 July — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-09-13 — Right-foot bruise treated, detained — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-09-14 — Dental treatment completion recorded; procedures unspecified — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-09-24 — Son Brian William Hugh Cooke born; dependants particulars certified 9 October — Moncton, New Brunswick
1944-09-26 — Annual TABT inoculation — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-10-31 — Subsistence allowance ceased — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-11-04 to 1944-12-04 — Ration allowance; rations and quarters from 5 December — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-12-12 — Flight Sergeant recommendation not approved; very good character, superior trade proficiency, good worker and organizer — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-12-16 — Urethritis began; initial non-specific diagnosis and sulpha treatment on duty — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-12-22 to 1944-12-29 — Admitted for persistent urethritis; later gonococcal smear positive; sulfadiazine treatment — Station Hospital, No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1944-12-29 — Transferred for resistant infection and penicillin treatment — No. 31 RAF Depot Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick
1945-01-02 — Penicillin 100,000 units intramuscularly; symptoms decreased and subsequent smear negative — No. 31 RAF Depot Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick
1945-01-04 to 1945-01-05 — Discharged apparently cured to unit; charts 4 January, administrative discharge 5 January; ten-day surveillance — No. 31 RAF Depot Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick
1945-01-06 to 1945-01-15 — Negative urine/smear follow-up; 15 January cured, further check planned — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1945-01-31 — Prostatic smear and urine negative; final check in one month — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1945-02-10 to 1945-02-23 — Seven days annual leave 10–17 February plus six travel days; ration allowance — Netherhill, Saskatchewan
1945-03-06 — Final urine, prostatic smear and serology negative; cured and case closed, summary 9 March — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1945-04-21 — Purchased approximately $100 Eighth Victory Loan bonds with six $16.80 pay assignments May–October — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1945-05-09 — Applied for voluntary discharge under AFO 56/44; claimed eleven months overseas, inconsistent with documented geography — No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, New Brunswick
1945-05-20 — Reduced-requirements discharge authorized under KR Air 195(17) — Eastern Air Command, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1945-05-28 to 1945-06-04 — Seven days annual leave before discharge; ration allowance began 28 May — Athelstan, Quebec
1945-06-04 to 1945-07-04 — Thirty days special discharge leave — Athelstan, Quebec
1945-06-15 — Lost identification discs while swimming, approximate date — Huntingdon, Quebec
1945-07-04 — Posted from Scoudouc to release centre, reporting 5 July; non-medical release board A4B, negative chest film, fit for employment; dental and vocational assessments — No. 2 Release Centre, Lachine, Quebec
1945-07-05 — Honourably discharged as Sergeant, completed emergency voluntary engagement; General Section Reserve Class E; acknowledged badge GSC 121686, priority suit certificate and release documents; Unemployment Insurance Commission interview — No. 2 Release Centre, Lachine, Quebec
1945-07-20 — Original enlistment will returned and medical board forwarded to Pension Commission — Athelstan, Quebec
1945-07-24 — Nil allowance/assigned-pay overpayment certified — Ottawa, Ontario
1945-07-28 — War-service gratuity $450 in three monthly $150 instalments; principal qualifying days 1806, copy 1808 — Athelstan, Quebec
1945-10 — Civilian partial upper/lower dentures and prophylaxis completed, apparently 1 October, cost $72; satisfactory acknowledgment — Ormstown, Quebec
1946-08-01 — Final $36 re-establishment credit for garage-operator equipment, jointly payable with C. H. Cooke at Rockburn — Athelstan / Rockburn, Quebec
1955-12-14 to 1955-12-16 — Screened as ex-serviceman applying for Canadian Army Active Force enrolment; no acceptance recorded — No. 4 Personnel Depot, Montreal, Quebec
1956-02-22 — Death recorded in existing profile notes; service file supplies no independent death date — Quebec
1958-07-31 — Campaign-award entitlement verified, date somewhat uncertain — Ottawa, Ontario
1958-08-06 — Veterans Affairs certified service summary: Canada/Newfoundland, Sergeant, CVSM/clasp and War Medal — Ottawa, Ontario
1986-04-08 — Widow requested service proof to reinstate Canadian citizenship after residence in United States — Apartment 102, 5475 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario, L7L 1E1
1986-04-28 — Duplicate service summary issued for widow’s enquiry — Location not recorded