COOPER, Edward Ernest
Service Number: | 2811 |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1917, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
Born: | Glenorton, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Toodyay, Toodyay, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Bellevue, Western Australia, 10 January 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section WE, Grave 0167. His is interred in the same grave |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
16 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2811, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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10 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, Camel Corps | |
22 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2811, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
22 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 2811, Camel Corps, HMAT Boorara, Fremantle | |
26 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From Camel Corps | |
20 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2811, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as Edwin Ernest Cooper, record number 29691/1895. Served as Edwad Ernest Cooper
At the time of enlisting his address was Toodyay, WA
Son of Edwin Cooper amd Margaret Elizabeth Cooper nee McGinn of Taylor Street, Northam, WA. Edwin returned to Australia on 1 January 1919 having served with the Imperial Camel Corps.
Commenced return to Australia on 3 August 1918 aboard HT Karoola
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Edward married Evelyeen A. Ryan in Northam, WA