Warwick COOPER

COOPER, Warwick

Service Number: 454
Enlisted: 29 August 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Company
Born: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Mount George, Greater Taree, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horse Breaker
Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
East Terrace 3, Wall 20
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World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
29 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 454, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 454, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
23 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, In France. From the 9th Machine Gun Company
25 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 5th Machine Gun Company
14 Aug 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 454, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Warwick enlisted while under age being born in 1897 making his actual age about sixteen years

Address at the time of enlistment was 'Idalake', Mount George, Manning River, NSW

Son of Waldemar Leonard Smirnoff Cooper and Eliza Louisa Vaudine Cooper nee Agassiz of 'Carlowie', Drummoyne Avenue, Drummoyne, NSW

Husband of Beatrice Cooper nee Broad of West Gorton, England. Warwick and Beatrice married on 29 September 1919 in the Charlton Registry Office, England. A.A.H. Ramsbottom officiated

Returned to Australia on 21 June 1920 aboard Bahia Castillo

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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