William Richard COOPER

COOPER, William Richard

    Service Number: 2542
    Enlisted: 2 October 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, 17 February 1897
    Home Town: Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 December 1917, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Berks Cemetery Extension
    Plot 11, Row B, Grave 56
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2542, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    25 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2542, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    25 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2542, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    8 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
    12 Dec 1917: Involvement Corporal, 2542, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2542 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-12-12

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Herbert Aaron Cooper and Elizabeth Anne Cooper nee Challenger of Sorell, Tasmania

    Next of kin given as his sister Lily Cooper of Kelly Street, Battery Point, Tasmania and also brother of Charles Herbert Cooper, Charlotte Alberta Cooper, Minnie Elizabeth Cooper, William Clarence John Cooper and Cissy Rosa Cooper

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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