Cyril Robson COOPER

COOPER, Cyril Robson

    Service Number: 1530
    Enlisted: 30 March 1915, Maffra, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: Dental Details: AIF
    Born: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Maffra, Wellington, Victoria
    Schooling: Bairnsdale College, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Bank Clerk
    Died: Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 29 October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Boronia area, Wall ZC, Niche 233
    Memorials: Maffra St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Maffra, Victoria
    5 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    28 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1530, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
    28 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1530, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    30 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1530, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli from Alexandria, Egypt
    3 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Anzac Police, From 22nd Battalion
    6 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1530, Anzac Provost Corps , Alexandria, Egypt, proceeded to France, per HT Oriana 13 June, 1916, disembarked Marseilles, France
    24 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Anzac Provost Corps
    27 Jul 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1530, Anzac Provost Corps , Proceeded from No.2 Command Depot, Weymouth, embarked Southampton for AIF duty at Capetown, South Africa per HMAT A14 Euripides. 27 August, 1917 disembarked Capetown
    12 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1530, Australian Provost Corps , Durban, South Africa, embarked per HT Kenilworth Castle, medically unfit (illness). Appointed Acting Sergeant without additional pay for period of voyage to Australia as “Pay Sergeant”
    17 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Dental Details: AIF, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick Hope Cooper and Louisa Cooper nee Robson of Maffra, Victoria

    Served his dental apprenticeship with D.I, Shannassy of Melbourne

    Commenced return to Australia 20 January 1919 aboard T Kenilworth Castle disembarking on 7 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward road travel to Sydney

    Medal: British War Medal

    During 1928c Cyril married Alexia Catherine Hatrick in Victoria

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