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COOPER, Walter Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1855 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Greenwich, England, 1894 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 18 November 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1855, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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22 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1855, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
22 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1855, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boonah, Sydney | |
16 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Light Horse Training Reserve Regiment | |
21 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
4 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1855, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharge 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Tachycardia. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Cooper and Esther Cooper of Conley Street, Greenwich, England
Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 28 March 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal