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COOPER, William Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 420 |
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Enlisted: | 8 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Lawson, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
Home Town: | Lawson, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW South West Terrace, Wall 124 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 420, 14th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 420, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 420, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
13 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company, From 14th Machine Gun Company | |
6 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 3rd Machine Gun Company | |
9 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 420, 5th Machine Gun Company, Head and neck wounds | |
9 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 5th Machine Gun Company ex wounded | |
29 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 420, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Cross Cooper and Elizabeth Alice Cooper of Inverell, NSW
Husband of Evelyn Olive R. Cooper nee Knight of Lawson, NSW. William and Evelyn married during 1916c in Springwood, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Main disembarking on 15 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal