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COOPER, Ilma Myrtle
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gundagai, Gundagai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Maaseuse |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Aug 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Morea, Sydney | |
| 21 Aug 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
| 3 Dec 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 31 December 1918, page 15230, position 18 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 879, position 88 | |
| 24 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Daughter of Annabelle Cooped of Macleay Street, Potts Point NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HS Kashmir as nursing staff disembarking on 25 May 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal