COOPER, Granville Thomas
Service Number: | 399 |
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Enlisted: | 1 January 1900 |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | New South Wales Citizen Bushmen |
Born: | Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia , 3 June 1878 |
Home Town: | Burrowa, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Station hand |
Died: | Gunshot Wound To Stomach, Molopo, Ottoshoop, South Africa , 14 October 1900, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Zeerust Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boorowa Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399 | |
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1 Jan 1900: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen | |
26 Feb 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, Ship Atlantian | |
12 Oct 1900: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, G.S.W. (Stomach). | |
14 Oct 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, D.O.W. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Granville Thomas COOPER was born on 3rd June 1878 in Burrowa, NSW (also known as Borrowa)
His parents were Solomon COOPER & Charlotte ELLIOTT who married in Burrowa in 1876
He enlisted in Burrowa in January 1900 and embarked with the NSW Citizens Bushmen, D Squadron on the ship Atlantian on 26th February, 1900
He died from a bullet wound to his stomach on 14th October, 1900 and was originally buried in Molopa Cemetery & later moved to Zeerust Cemetery in South Africa
Medals: Queens South Africa Medal with Rhodesia & Transvaal clasps