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COOPER, Richard William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3629 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1917, Enlisted at Yarraville, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 October 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3629, 46th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Yarraville, Victoria | |
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| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement Private, 3629, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked Private, 3629, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 18 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3629, 46th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right thigh and invalided to England on 23 August 1918 | |
| 12 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3629, 46th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry William Cooper and Alice Cooper nee Vigurs of Buninyong Street, Yarraville, Victoria. Brother of Henry Ackerold Cooper who was killed in action on 19 July 1916 while serving with the 59th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the VC Corner Adelaide Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles
Commenced return to Australia on 14 Decmeber 1918 aboaard HT Burma as woounded disembarking on the 29 January 1919
Medals: British ar Medal, Victory Medal
During 1922c Richard married Mary Ann MacLeod in Victoria