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COOPER, Walter George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2388 |
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Enlisted: | 7 April 1916, Enlisted at the Sports Ground, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Messenger |
Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section, Services AIF, Panel, Site o43 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at the Sports Ground, NSW | |
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30 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
30 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
17 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
29 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion | |
30 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 56th Battalion | |
22 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion | |
21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Cooper and Florence Edith Cooper of Illawarra Road, Marrickville, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal