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COOPER, Edgar Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6243 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Newtown, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1986, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated remains interred in the Banksia area, Wall D, Niche 329 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6243, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6243, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6243, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6243, 6th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock and fractured collar bone | |
| 21 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6243, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged a the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to shell shock and injury |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edmund Joseph Cooper and Sarah Jane Fleet formerly Cooper nee Knox of Leicester Street, Fitzroy, Victoria.Brother of William Knox Cooper who returned to Australia on 31 December 1916 having served with the 6th Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 18 February 1918 aboard HT Llanstephan Castle disembarking on 16 April 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1930c Edgar married Winifred Clara Elizabeth Orr in Victoria