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COOPER, Percy Harold
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1138 |
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Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 14th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Solomantown, Port Pirie, South Australia , 25 January 1892 |
Home Town: | Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia |
Schooling: | Solomontown Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Painter |
Died: | Coronary occlusion, Naracoorte, South Australia, 2 June 1935, aged 43 years |
Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1138, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1138, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
25 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Camel Corps, From16th Battalion | |
11 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps | |
29 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
1 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Light Horse Regiment, From 1st Battalion | |
23 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1138, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John Cooper and Mary Cooper nee Roebuck of Solomtown, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 25 December 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 25 November 1919 Percy married Freda Annie Slater in Chalmers Church, Adelaide, SA