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COOPER, Norman Charles Hugo
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 7620, V15290 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1963, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 7620, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 30 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked 7620, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement 7620, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Administrative Headquarters, From training | |
| 19 Jan 1920: | Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From Administrative Headquarters | |
| 25 Dec 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 7620, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to chronic deafness |
World War 2 Service
| 29 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, V15290 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Thomas Cooper and Ann Elizabeth Cooper nee Bays of Thorn Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1920 aboard Wahehe disembarking on 23 May 1920 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 18 June 1938 Norman married Vera Borwick in QLD