Thomas James (Darkie or Jack) COOPER

COOPER, Thomas James

    Service Numbers: 1925, 1925
    Enlisted: 12 January 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1884
    Home Town: Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Locomotive Engine driver
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1925
    17 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1925, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    17 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1925, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1925 , 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Multiple shrapnel wounds to the head, arm and knee. Invalided to Alexandria aboard HS Alaunia
    26 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Police, From 7th Battalion
    22 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From ANZAC Police

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Tom Pooley Cooper and Mary Ann Cooper nee Hart of Templeton Street, Castlemaine, Victoria

    During 1907c Thomas married Ellen Louisa Laurenson in Victoria. Father of Dorothy E.M. Cooper, Rita M. Cooper,  Phoebe E.L. Cooper, Thomas A.L.P. Cooper, Cylde W. I Cooper, and Ira J.G. Cooper

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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