COOPER, Herbert
| Service Number: | 214 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Salvage Company |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Derby, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | 10 August 1964, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Rose Garden 23, Plot B11 Plaque in Hobart Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Derby WW1 Roll of Honour, Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 214, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 214, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 214, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Divisional Salvage Company, From 52nd Battalion | |
| 29 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 214, 4th Divisional Salvage Company, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Cooper and Mary Cooper of Derby, Tasmania
Father of Arthur Leonard Cooper
Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
Dorset Tasmania History Society
LCpl Bert Cooper
World War I officially began on 28 July 1914, with Australia joining the effort shortly afterwards. The First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was formed on August 15, and young men quickly volunteered. A contingent left Derby for Brighton, followed by another at the end of August. The advice that the men were to report to Headquarters only reached the men, most of whom were at work, at noon on the 28th, but they boarded a coach in Derby at 1pm and travelled to Branxholm to catch the train heading south. They were described as being ‘roysterously happy’ and ‘delighted beyond measure’ that the authorities had decided to take untrained men. The men in the contingent were Harry Spotswood, Denis Whelan. William Murcett, Bert Cooper (see picture), H. Martin, Harry Casey, Adam Towers, Ernest Lucas, Vere Johnston and Oscar Krushka. Oscar Krushka died of his wounds at sea off Gallipoli in 1915. Adam Towers was killed in action in France in 1917.
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