Richard COOPER

COOPER, Richard

Service Numbers: 34613, Q185005
Enlisted: 28 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Townsville, Queensland, 11 August 1897
Home Town: Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Photographer's Assistant
Died: Queensland, 6 August 1966, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1910: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From Field Artillery Brigades
28 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 34613, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Jun 1917: Involvement Gunner, 34613, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917: Embarked Gunner, 34613, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
3 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
28 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 34613, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

World War 2 Service

29 Sep 1939: Involvement Q185005
29 Sep 1939: Enlisted
29 Sep 1939: Enlisted Q185005
Date unknown: Discharged Q185005

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Albert Maurice Hugo Cooper and Isabel Cooper nee Dalrymple of Robert Street, Toowong, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia disembarking on 20 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal