COOPER, John
Service Number: | 884 |
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Enlisted: | 18 January 1917, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy |
Born: | Marjorca, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Locomotive Driver |
Died: | North Beach, Western Australia, 21 March 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican ares, Grave 0204 |
Memorials: | Northam Memorial Hospital |
World War 1 Service
18 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 884, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill | |
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29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 884, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 884, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
15 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, From Railway Unit | |
19 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Railway Unit (AIF) | |
2 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 884, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to dislocated cartliage in the right knee |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Bate Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper nee Proctor of Marjorca, Victoria
Husband of Catherine Ann Cooper nee Curry of Duke Street, Northam, WA. John and Catherine married in Perth, WA during 1914c
Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali as injured disembarking in the 21 January 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal