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COOPER, Richard Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 279 |
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Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | First Class Air Mechanic |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Telegraphist |
Died: | Dromana, Victoria, March 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 29 March 1969 and the ashes were collected |
Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Kew War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
1 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps | |
1 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Cooper and Annie Cooper nee Phillips of Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 4 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 17 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal