James Wesley Brittain (Jim) COOPER

COOPER, James Wesley Brittain

    Service Number: 3382
    Enlisted: 16 June 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Perth, Western Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: International Correspondence School, Western Australia
    Occupation: Surveyor
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 7 August 1916
    Cemetery: Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France
    Plot XXV111, Row D, Grave 7. Headstone inscription reads: In memory of one so dearly loved sometime we'll understand, Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3382, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    8 Sep 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, C Coy
    10 Oct 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    1 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3382, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    1 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3382, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From the 16 Battalion
    9 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion, When the 16th Battalion returned from Gallipoli, it was split into two with half the 16th Battalion Gallipoli veterans joining with half the new reinforcements to form the 48th Infantry Battalion.
    7 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 3382, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3382 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry Charles Cooper and Evelyn Joyce Caporn of Hector Street, Osborne Park, WA

    Husband of Mary Margaret Cooper of Hay Street, Perth, WA nee Brown. James and Mary married during 1915c in Fremantle, WA. Mary died in November 1921

    Held the ranks of Temporary Corporal and Temporary Sergeant but each time had his rank to Private  following Court Martials

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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