Ella Cooke

Ella Kate Cooke ( 1887 – 8 September 1917) was a New Zealand nurse who was killed in an accident while on active service in Egypt in World War I.

Early life Cooke was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to Henry and Sarah Cooke. She had a twin sister, Lily. Cooke trained as a nurse at Auckland Hospital, completing her courses in 1907.

She then returned to England and joined Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. She spent some weeks training at Connaught Hospital in Aldershot, and then in September 1915 she was posted to Alexandria, Egypt. Cooke was nursing there when, in 1917, she was killed; she was hit by a train while crossing a railway line near the hospital.

Cooke is buried at Hadra War Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria. Her name is inscribed on the screens as part of the Five Sisters window in York Minster, England.