Norman Charles Hugo COOPER

COOPER, Norman Charles Hugo

Service Numbers: 7620, V15290
Enlisted: 27 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: Army Pay Corps (AIF)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 December 1891
Home Town: Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Soldier
Died: Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1963, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: East Brisbane War Memorial
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 7620, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
30 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal
14 Jun 1917: Embarked 7620, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
14 Jun 1917: Involvement 7620, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Administrative Headquarters, From training
19 Jan 1920: Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From Administrative Headquarters
25 Dec 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 7620, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to chronic deafness

World War 2 Service

29 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, V15290

Help us honour Norman Charles Hugo Cooper's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Richard Thomas Cooper and Ann Elizabeth Cooper nee Bays of Thorn Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1920 aboard Wahehe disembarking on 23 May 1920 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 18 June 1938 Norman married Vera Borwick in QLD