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COOPER, Frank Wormald
Personal Details
Service Number: | 29670 |
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Enlisted: | 15 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith Corporal |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Hartlepool, England, 1886 |
Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Fitter |
Died: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area B, Grave 707. Burial service held on 3 June 1955 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 29670, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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3 Oct 1916: | Involvement 29670, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
3 Oct 1916: | Embarked 29670, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
11 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 116th to 120 Howitzer Batteries re-inforcements | |
14 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
14 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 29670, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Multiple wounds. Invalided to England aboard HS Princess Elizabeth on 20 April 1917 | |
15 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 29670, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to hernia |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Samuel Cooper and Margaret Cooper nee Flynn of Hartlepool, England
Husband of Florence K. Cooper of Bellair Street, Kensington, Victoria formerly of Knox Street, Yarraville, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 11 October 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal