COOPER, William George
Service Number: | 796 |
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Enlisted: | 1 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Mobile Veterinary Section |
Born: | Lismore New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Ticket writer |
Died: | Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1980, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held 11 August 1980 and ashes collected |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 796, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section | |
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3 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 796, 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section, Embarked HT Argyllshire at Melbourne, Victoria. Taken on strength from 4tn Mobile Veterinary Section | |
24 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section, From 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section | |
1 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section | |
17 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 796, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William James Cooper and Agnes Louisa Cooper nee Dove of Francis Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Served his apprenticeship with Australian Ticket Writes of South Melbourne, Victoria
Husband of Eliza Cooper nee Davis of Felix Street, Cambridge Heath, London, England. William and Eliza married on 25 June 1919 in St. James' the Great Church, Bethnal Green, London, England. Vicar A.L. Preston officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1919 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 25 November 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal