DOB/DOD: March 8, 1921 (New Britain, CT) – June 9, 2003 (Santa Barbara, CA); 82 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Married Jake H. Rhine (1919-?). Divorced in 1961. Married Joseph C. Cooks, Sr. (1927-1986) on June 7, 1968, in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Divorced on August 7, 1979, in Alameda, California.
CHILDREN: One son, William R. Rhine (1941-2008).
LOCAL ADDRESS: 25 Hurlburt Street, New Britain
ENLISTMENT: May 28, 1943, in New York City
DISCHARGED: December 24, 1945
SERVICE NUMBER: A-205784
FAMILY: Born to Howard F.S. (1874-1939) and Lillian E. Burnett Cumberbatch (1889-1984). Three sisters, Doris E. (1910-1934), Cynthia Cumberbatch King (1919-2022), and Ruth W. Cumberbatch Hassan (1928-1989). Three brothers, Adrian Oswald (1912-2006), Allan B. (1914-1984), and Fitz Stephen (1924-1991).
OTHER: The family moved to Brooklyn, New York, between 1924 and 1926. First training was at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and then on to Camp Atterbury, Indiana. After the service, Pearl was the first former servicewoman to join American Legion Post 269 in Oakland. In 1951, while working at the Oakland Naval Ordnance Depot, Pearl received a $150 award for a suggestion that saved the Navy money.
Buried in Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, California; Section 50, Site 1381
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