COOPER, Walter
Service Number: | 115 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Hyde, England, 1890 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Electrician |
Died: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 115, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 115, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 115, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
19 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 4th Battalion | |
20 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 115, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Son of Thomas Strafford Cooper and Mary Jane Cooper of George Street, Hyde, England
Husband of Teresa Martha Cooper nee Duignan of Manchester Road, Denton, Lancashire, England. Walter and Teresa married on 12 October 1911 in St. Marys Catholic Church, Ashont-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England. Rector J.W.M.C. Willesme officiated
Served a seven year electrical apprenticeship in Manchester, England
Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 24 December 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal