COOPER, Cecil Alfred
Service Number: | 3303 |
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Enlisted: | 5 October 1915, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Army Troops Company Engineers |
Born: | Deans Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Deans Marsh, Surf Coast, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Victoria, Australia, November 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated on 25 November 1971. Ashes collected |
Memorials: | Bambra Roll of Honor, Deans Marsh District Roll of Honor, Deans Marsh State School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
5 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 3303, 6th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria | |
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24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 3303, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 3303, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
5 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 16th Field Company Engineers, From 6th Field Company Engineers | |
2 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Field Company Engineers, In France | |
11 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, From 16th Field Company Engineers | |
6 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3303, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, Discharged at 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred James Cooper and Caroline Cooper nee Box of Deans Marsh, Victoria
On 19 October 1918 Cecil married Maary Reid Forsyth in the United Free Church, St Andrews, Burgh of Glasgow, Scotland. william James Muir officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Port Lincoln disembarking on the 6 November 1919
Medals:: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal