William Hamilton COOPER

COOPER, William Hamilton

    Service Number: 4114
    Enlisted: 2 September 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Brushgrove, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 21 July 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    28 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
    28 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
    5 Nov 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the scalp
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 26th Battalion in England
    20 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalion
    12 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 19 November 1917 aboard HS Panama
    8 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Shrapnel wound to the thigh
    3 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to deafness

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Hamilton Cooper and Catherine Cooper of Woodford, Clarence River,  NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 22 February 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Husband of Isabella Lillian Cooper nee Munro of Maclean, NSW. William and Isabella married during 1921c in MacLean, NSW

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