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COOPER, Oscar
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2096, W28700 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 April 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Yorketown, South Australia, 4 September 1886 |
| Home Town: | Yorketown, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Claremont, Western Australia, 24 April 1951, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan area, Section IA, Grave 0169 |
| Memorials: | Murtoa St. John's Lutheran Church Roll of Honour, Yorketown and District of Melville Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2096, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2096, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2096, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2096, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Wound to the left knee. Invalided to England on 7 October 1918 | |
| 30 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2096, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jan 1941: | Involvement Private, W28700 | |
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| 2 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W28700 | |
| 2 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Perth, WA | |
| 1 Sep 1943: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Henry Cooper and Johanne Ammina Louisa Haustorfer formerly Cooper and Pfitzner nee Goldschmidt of Smith Street, Horsham, Victoria formerly of Yorketown, SW
Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 12 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 29 March 1929 married Myrtle Olive Grace Rowe at the residence of Rev. W.C. Brooker of Alberton, SA