William John COOPER DCM, MM and Bar

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COOPER, William John

Service Number:	1736
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Lismore, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 9 January 1890
Home Town:	Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1936, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Queensland Section 5, Row F, Grave 21
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 9th Infantry Battalion, Lismore, New South Wales
8 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
8 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
23 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Medal and bar, Awarded Military Medal:- London Gazette on 16 August 1917, page 8426, position 102 and Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1917, page 3376, position 112 Bar to the Military Medal awarded 20 November 1917:- London Gazette on 4 February 1918, page 1609, position 8 and Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1392, position 4
10 May 1918:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Dernacourt. London Gazette on 3 September 1918, page 10369, position 6 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 February 1919, page 123, position 6
8 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1736, 49th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his sister E. Mastalla nee Cooper of Redcliffe Hotel, Water Street, Red Hill, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 15 January 1919 aboard HT City of Exeter disembarking on 2 March 1919

Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal & Bar, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography

Biography contributed by Ken O'Keefe

Cpl.William John Cooper DCM.MM and Bar was the brother of my grandmother Euphameia O'Keefe (nee Cooper). He was very ill before passing away in 1936 aged 47. He is buried with his father who also passed away at 47 yrs.

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