COOPER, John William
Service Numbers: | 40 , 40 |
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Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1894 |
Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carter |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 27 October 1949, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 5, Section 24 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 40 , 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Driver, 40, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Driver, 40, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
29 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
28 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 40 , 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Cooper and Frances Charlotte Cooper nee Rice of Thompson Estate, Duke Street, South Brisbane, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 25 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Lillian Gertrude Cooper nee Busby. John and Lillian married in QLD on 19 March 1919