George James COOPER

COOPER, George James

Service Number: 2472
Enlisted: 31 July 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 12th Field Company Engineers
Born: Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town: Woori Yallock, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Road Inspector
Died: Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation service held on 21 March 1951. Interred in the Dodonaea area, Garden N4, Bed 3, Rose 22
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World War 1 Service

31 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2472, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
11 Dec 1915: Involvement Sapper, 2472, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Dec 1915: Embarked Sapper, 2472, 2nd Field Company Engineers, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
22 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Field Company Engineers, From 2nd Field Company Engineers. Promoted to Lance Corporal when taken on strength
7 Feb 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2472, 12th Field Company Engineers, Wound to the left elbow.
10 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Field Company Engineers
10 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2472, 12th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Peter Cooper and Martha Cooper nee Davies of Woori Yallock, Victoria. Brother of Ernest Alexander Cooper MM who returned to Australia on 18 July 1919 having served with the 24th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 board HT Amargh disembarking on 18  May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1929c George married Belle Adamthwaite in Victoria