COOPER, Sydney
Service Number: | 10835 |
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Enlisted: | 10 December 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3rd Division Signals |
Born: | Claremont, Western Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Midland Junction, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Postal Assistant |
Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 28 March 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic area, Lawn section 3, Grave 0013B which expired in 2012. Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: | Midland Junction Municipality Roll of Honour (Large) |
World War 1 Service
10 Dec 1915: | Enlisted | |
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25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 10835, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 10835, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
4 Jul 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Division Signals | |
20 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 10835, 3rd Division Signals, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Wright Cooper and Elizabeth Pollard formerly Cooper nee Kelly of Holmesdale Road, Midland Junction, WA. Birth name registered as Sydney Augustine Brookes Cooper
Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1919 abaord HT Konigin Luise disembarking on 28 January 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Sydney married Lily C.O'Halloran in Swan, WA
Suburb of residence at the time of death was Floreat Park, WA