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COOPER, Alexander Ronald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6228 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Deer Park State & High Schools, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried but the grave was lost in the following battles, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6228, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6228, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6228, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6228, 5th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the left forearm. Invalided to England on 8 February 1917 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper nee Burnsdie of Melbourne, Victoria
Next of kin given as his aunt Isabell Burnside of Pickett Street, Footscray, Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal