COOPER, William Hamilton
| Service Number: | 4114 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brushgrove, New South Wales, Australia, 27 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 21 July 1961, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Brushgrove, New South Wales on the 27th May 1891 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4114, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
64 years ago today, on the 25th July 1961, Private William Hamilton Cooper, 26th Battalion (Reg No-4114), farmer from Lismore, New South Wales and Upper Clarence River (1931) and Marrickville?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 70. BAPTIST-K NE. 28.
Born at Brushgrove, New South Wales on the 27th May 1891 to William Hamilton, died 17.4.1931, Maclean, N.S.W., age 91, buried at Maclean Cemetery, N.S.W., unmarked grave?, and Catherine (Katherine, Kathleen) Cooper nee Johnson, died 2.2.1935, Ballina, N.S.W., age 74, sleeping at Maclean Cemetery, N.S.W., unmarked grave?, from Woodford, Clarence River, New South Wales; husband of Isabell (Isabella) Lillian Cooper nee Munro, married 1921, Maclean, N.S.W., died 12.11.1965, age 70, sleeping here - enlisted on the 2nd September1915 at Lismore, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on the 28th March 1916.
Wounded in action - 5.11.1916 (GSW scalp), 12.11.1917 (gassed), 8.8.1918 (GSW left thigh, mild).
Invalided to England 9.11.1916 and 28.8.1918.
Admitted to hospital 20.11.1917 (bronchitis, after being gassed).
Commenced return to Australia 2.1.1919.
William arrived home invalided on the 22nd February 1919, not being discharged medically unfit (defective hearing) until the 3rd July 1919.
Mr. Cooper’s name has been inscribed on the St Mark's Anglican Church Nimbin Great War Honour Roll, Lismore and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states DECEASED, 21-7-1961 (CWGC).
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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