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COOPER, Harold Charles Hillyer
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1807 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Walthmstow, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Inverell Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | N.S.W.G.R. Loco Depot Port Waratah HR |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1807, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Railway Unit (AIF), Promoted prior to embarkation | |
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1807, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 1807, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 10 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1807, Railway Unit (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Mary A. Cooper nee Pike of 'Warilda', Margaret Street, Warath, Newcastle, NSW. Harold and Mary married during 1912c in Newcastle, NSW. Father of Leslie Charles Cooper and Helen Alice Cooper
Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 aboard HT Somerset disembarking on 16 January 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1931c Harold married Mary Mildred nee MacGuffick in Inverell, NSW. In 1941 they were livng in George Street, Inveerell, NSW