COOPER, Edwin
Service Number: | 2803 |
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Enlisted: | 10 March 1917, Enlisted at Northam, WA |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
Born: | Glenorchy, Victoria, Australia, 1874 |
Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Blacksmith |
Died: | Morley Park, Western Australia, 10 May 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section WE, Grave 0167 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
7 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, Camel Corps | |
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10 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2803, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Northam, WA | |
22 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2803, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
22 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 2803, Camel Corps, HMAT Boorara, Fremantle | |
5 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From Camels Corps | |
6 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2803, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Margaret Elizabeth Cooper nee McGiin of Taylor Street, Northam.Edwin and Margaret married in Victoria during 1892c
Father of Edward (Edwin) Ernest Cooper who returned to Australia on 3 August 1918 having served with the Imperil Camel Corps
Commenced return to Australia on 1 January 1919 aboard HT Aeneas
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal