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COOPER, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4303 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: | Kalgoorlie Caledonian Society Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4303, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4303, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4303, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4303, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4303, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4303, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as George Henry Cooper of Clent, Stoubridge, Worcestershire, England. Related to Harry George Cooper who returned to Australia having served with the 6th Tunnelling company
Next of kin was previously his sister Mrs. Neil Pearson of Egan Street, Kalgoorlie, WA but was unknown or could not be located
Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking or the 19 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Charles married Johanna Pickett in WA