The Olympian Soldier - G C Cooke

Published by Kath Beatson, Oct 2008, Nelson, A 4 size, 167 pages. Wear to top and bottom edges and spine.

A biography of George Cooke, member of the 1932 Olympic rowing eight. Cooke volunteered early in World War Two, and went to Egypt where, on the Nile, in 1940 he successfully stroked the New Zealand Eight. He was killed in action early in 1941, in Crete.