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COOPER, John Ashley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1689 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | York, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gayndah, North Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gayndah Reid's Creek No 261 Rifle Club Roll of Honour, Gayndah War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1689, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1689, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1689, 5th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 27 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1689, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Shrapnel wound to the right foot later amputated. Invalided to England on 11 August 1918 | |
| 4 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1689, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded. Right foot amputated |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John William Blang Cooper and Miriam Ann Cooper nee Robinson of Reid's Creek of Gayndah, QLD
Next of kin given as his brother Walter Cooper of Reid's Creek, Gayndah, QLD. Walter also enlisted and died of wounds on 11 October 1917 while serving with the 49th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on the 11 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to QLD
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 4 January 1923 John married Elsie May Pavey in QLD
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