F. N. Cook

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} '''Frederick Norton Cook''' DSC (20 February 1905 – 1 August 1985), usually known as '''F. N. Cook''' was an officer of the Royal Australian Navy. Cook came to be regarded as an expert in the deployment of landing craft, following his experience with them in both the North West European theatre and the Pacific theatre. Cook achieved the rank of Captain.

In 1940, Cook was appointed as the commanding officer of {{HMS|Tormentor|WWII shore establishment|6}}, a combined forces training establishment in southern England.<ref name="Searle">{{cite book |last=Searle |first=Adrian |date=2016 |title=Churchill's Last Wartime Secret. The 1943 German Raid Airbrushed from History |publisher=Pen&Sword Military |page=80 |isbn=9781473823815}}</ref>

During 1942 he led landing craft in the Raid on Bruneval, in German-occupied France, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Due to his experience with training combined forces and his success at Bruneval, Cook was recalled to Australia to command the Amphibious Training Centre at ''HMAS Assault'' (Port Stephens).<ref>{{cite web |title=HMAS Assault History |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-assault-history |website=Royal Australian Navy |accessdate=23 February 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.navyhistory.org.au/category/navy-day-by-day/page/68/ Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1999—2014, ''On This Day'', 68] 30 January 2014. * [http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=5228840 Navy Office, 2004, ''COOK FREDERICK NORTON''] 30 January 2014. * [http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/SeriesDetail.aspx?series_no=A3978&singleRecord=T Navy Office, 1987, ''Officers (RAN) personal record - Frederick Norton Cook''] 30 January 2014.

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