Clyde William Stanley COOPER DCM

COOPER, Clyde William Stanley

    Service Number: 255
    Enlisted: 2 January 1915, Enlisted at Cunnamulla, QLD
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 11th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Wyandra, Paroo, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Armidale Ben Venue Public School Roll of Honour, Uralla Public School Honour Roll, Wyandra War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 255, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Cunnamulla, QLD
    2 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 255, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    2 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 255, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane
    29 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Light Horse Regiment, From 11th Light Horse Regiment
    24 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment, From 5th Light Horse Regiment
    8 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 11th Light Horse Regiment, From 4th Light Horse Regiment
    7 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Light Horse Regiment
    28 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 255, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District with the rank of temporary Corporal
    3 Sep 1919: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Citation reads: On the 29 April 1918, at Jisr ed Damieh Bridgehead, he did excellent work with the Hotchkiss rifle. When No. 1 of the gun was killed, he took charge, and with coolness and daring selected another position, and, although under heavy fire, continued firing and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. On the 30 April 1918, his courage and coolness with the same gun held up the enemy's flank. London Gazette on 3 September 1919, page 11183, position 10 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 1919, page 2374, position 21

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Samuel Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper nee Beng of Wyandra, QLD

    Commenced return to Australia on 19 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 6 March 1919

    Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 25 June 1923 Clyde married Mabel May Conway in QLD

    In 1967 he was residing in Battersby Street, Toowoomba, QLD

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