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COOPER, Ronald Wallace Archibald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 846 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Bothwell, Central Highlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Tasmania, Australia, 1 September 1964, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ringarooma Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Men of Bothwell Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the right thigh | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, From 26th Battalion | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company, From 1st Casualty Clearing Station | |
| 13 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 15 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance, From 25th Machine Gun Company | |
| 14 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company, From 15th Field Ambulance | |
| 23 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 846, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Cooper of Alexander Street, Bothwell, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle disembarking at Melbourne on 7 May 1919 for onward travel to Tasmania
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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