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COOPER, Ernest Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 157 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 27 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 15 April 1963, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mackay Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 157, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 157, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 157, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 157, 41st Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 157, 41st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the right leg | |
| 5 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 157, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military Districat as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert William Cooper and Rebecca Lindsay Cooper nee Lockhead of 'Gargett', Mackay, QLD
Commenced return to Australia (invalided) on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 21 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 26 April 1923 Ernest married Elsie Lily Thorning in QLD
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