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COOPER, William Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 511 |
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Enlisted: | 3 November 1914, Enlisted at Emerald, QLD |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Trangie, Narromine, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Stockman |
Died: | Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 22 July 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mareeba General Cemetery, Queensland Protestant section 3, Row Q, Grave 30 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 511, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Emerald, QLD | |
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19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 511, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 511, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
28 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 511, 15th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
27 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
3 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 511, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Cooper and Mary Cooper nee Campbell of Trangie, NSW formerly of Cobar, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 4 December 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
In January 1960 he was living at Henrietta Creek, near Innisfail, QLD