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COOPER, James Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2786 |
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Enlisted: | 12 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1884 |
Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Car Painter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated with a plaque in the Echuca, Victoria, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2786, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2786, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2786, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, From 38th Battalion | |
2 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 66th Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James William Cooper and Ruth Cooper of High Street, Echuca, NSW
Husband of Ida Cooper nee Latchford of New Street, Armadale, Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal