COOPER, Henry Charles Edward
Service Number: | 5333 |
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Enlisted: | 16 June 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 9th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Osborne Park, Stirling, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sleeper Hewer / Well Sinker |
Died: | Gwelup, Western Australia, 7 February 1987, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section AA, Grave 0087 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5333, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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22 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 5333, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, HMAT Orsova, Fremantle | |
22 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 5333, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
13 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD, At Harelfield, England | |
2 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD, In London | |
5 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD, In London | |
1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD, In London | |
19 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Field Ambulance, From1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital | |
6 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5333, 9th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Charles Cooper and Evelyn Joyce Cooper nee Caporn of 'Kia Ora', Hector Street, Osborne Park, WA
Attempted to enlist on 18 February 1915 but was not accepted following a letter from his father stating he he was under age
Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali as nursing staff disembarking on 8 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Henry married Laurel B. Thompson in Perth, WA