Edward COOPER

COOPER, Edward

Service Number: 362
Enlisted: 9 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
Last Rank: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: London, England, 1885
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cook
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World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 362, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 362, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 362, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
27 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 362, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound to the knee
25 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion, But to acting Sergeant
1 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 13th Battalion at Windmill Hill
26 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), At Windmill Hill
19 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
5 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion
23 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 362, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Alice Cooper of The Cottage, Chingford Road, Walthamstow, England

Commenced return to Australia on 24 September 1918 aboard HT Devon disembarking on 24 November 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal