Joseph Henry COOPER

Badge Number: 68910, Sub Branch: Henley & Grange
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COOPER, Joseph Henry

Service Numbers: 1847, S1004
Enlisted: 11 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Leabrook, South Australia, 17 March 1891
Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation: Poultry Farmer
Died: Young, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1959, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Young (St Mary's) Cemetery, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

11 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1847, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 1847, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 1847, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Regiment, From 3rd Light Horse Regiment at Heliopolis
15 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Field Artillery Brigades, At Tel-el-Kebir
26 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From Field Artillery Brigades
1 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
31 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , From 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
12 Aug 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1847, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wound to the left calf. Transferred to England on 13 August 1917
11 Nov 1918: Involvement 1847
19 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1847, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 4th Military District

World War 2 Service

31 Jul 1940: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, S1004
31 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, S1004
31 Jul 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA
1 Feb 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, S1004
1 Feb 1944: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Christopher Cooper and Louisa Cooper nee Freeman of Wills Street, Largs Bay, SA. Brother of Hubert Freeman Cooper who returned to Australia on 14 May 1919 having served with the 8th Machine Gun Company

Husband of Audrey Gwendoline Cooper nee Olson of East Terrace, Glenelg, SA. Joseph and Audrey were married 2 October 1915 in the Congregational Church, Semaphore, SA

Commenced return to Ausstralia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 27 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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