COOPER, Francis Maurice
Service Number: | 1118 |
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Enlisted: | 23 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool NSW |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
23 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1118, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1118, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1118, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
24 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
10 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion | |
24 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 13th Battalion | |
11 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1118, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the chest | |
24 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1118, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounds to the back and right hand | |
31 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, From 2nd Battalion | |
11 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Light Railway Operating Company. | |
29 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1118, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis R. Cooper and Elizabeth A. Cooper of Katoomba, NSW
Next of kin given as his sister Doreen Cooper of Henson Street, Summer Hill, NSW
Had been promoted to Corporal on more than one occasion but then reduced to Private at his own request. Rank on discharge was given as Corporal
Commenced return to Australia on 3 December 1918 aboard Port Hacking disembarking on 27 January 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal