COOPER, Ernest George
| Service Numbers: | 213, 4960 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1914, Enlisted at Brighton, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Anzac Police |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4 June 1876 |
| Home Town: | Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraph Linesman |
| Died: | St Mary's, Tasmania, Australia, 3 July 1960, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Mary's General Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Australian Postal Linemen's Union HR, Hobart Postmaster-General's Department WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 213, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brighton, Tasmania | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 213, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 213, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 213, 12th Infantry Battalion, per Themistocles (Medical) | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4960, Anzac Police, Presented for duty at Claremont Camp | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4960, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4960, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Police, At Tel-el-Kebir Police Headquarters | |
| 12 May 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4960, Anzac Police, per Ruahine | |
| 13 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4960, Anzac Police, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to Phthisis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James William Cooper and Frances Christina Cooper nee Cope of Hobart, Tasmania
Husband of Janet Elizabeth Cooper nee Adams of Counsell Street, Zeehan, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia (first time) on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themistocles
Commenced return to Australia (second time) on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Ruahine disembarking on 5 July 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Hobart
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Ernest George Cooper (Service No:213) first enlisted in the AIF on 30 August 1914 and was attached to 12th Infantry Battalion 15th Reinforcements when he embarked from Hobart on 20 October 1914 on board Transport A2 Geelong. Falling ill in Gallipoli, Private Cooper embarked for the RTA on 15 August 1915 on board the Themistocles. He returned for duty at Claremont Camp on 20 December 1915 and was allocated Service No:4960. Private Cooper embarked from Melbourne on 18 February 1916 on board HMAT A70 Ballarat. He served in France with ANZAC Police and embarked on 12 May 1918 for the RTA on board Ruahine. Private Cooper was Discharged on 13 September 1918.
Born in 1876 in Hobart Tasmania, Ernest was the eldest of five children of William James Cooper (b1848 in Hertfordshire, England) and Frances Christina Cope (b1851 in Lincolnshire, England). James and Frances married in 1875 in Hobart, Tasmania and lived in Hobart, Blue Tier, Portland and Ringarooma.
Ernest worked as a Linesman and in 1899 in Zeehan Tasmania married first wife Janet (Jessie) Elizabeth Adams (b1867 in Hamilton, Tasmania). Ernest and Jessie lived in Launceston where Ernest was a Linesman. By 1928 Ernest was living in St Mary's with second wife Kathleen Mary Wrigley (b1897 in Bothwell, Tasmania) and Jessie continued living in Launceston. Ernest and Kathleen settled at St Mary's where Ernest worked as a Linesman. Ernest died in 1960 and Kathleen in 1991.
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