Henry Fitzroy (Harry) COOPER

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COOPER, Henry Fitzroy

Service Number:	723
Enlisted:	20 January 1916, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Obley, New South Wales, 1893
Home Town:	Obley, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery:	Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium VII G 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cumnock Memorial Gates, Obley War Memorial

20 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 723, 36th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 723, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 723, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 723, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 723 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George and Mary Jane Cooper. He was one of 14 children.

Our Soldiers
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cooper, of Obley, have been acquainted of the death of their son, Lance-corporal H. F. Cooper, who was killed in France on June 6. Cooper who was only 24 years of age, was one of the most popular young men of Obley. Our correspondent in that district states that the deceased soldier was held in very high esteem by all who knew him. He enlisted in January of last year, and sailed to England with the Carmichael Thousand. He had been nine months in the trenches when the final call came. The grief-stricken parents are reconciled by the knowledge that their beloved son died while performing his duty to the Empire.

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