Harold William COOPER DCM

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COOPER, Harold William

Service Number:	605
Enlisted:	11 March 1915, Enlisted at Boulder, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Worcestershire, England, 1889
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Belmont, Western Australia, 29 September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Wall V, Niche 0085
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World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 605, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Boulder, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 605, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 605, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 605, 28th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the forehead. Invalided to England for return to Australia
15 Aug 1916:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Battle for Pozières , Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry during operations. While acting as a runner he was hit by a shell, which knocked out one eye, but he delivered his message before he went to the ambulance. London Gazette on 26 September 1916, page 9445, position 7 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 December 1916, page 3388, position 14
8 Mar 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 605, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to the loss of an eye

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Henry Cooper and Clara Cooper of Clint, Worcestershire, England

Commenced return to Australia on 16 October 1916 aboard HS Karoola

Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Recommended for the Croix de Guerre on 18 August 1916 for Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as Battalion runner at Pozieres but was not awarded.

Husband of Hilda R. Cooper nee Jones of Kemer Street, Belmont, WA. Harold married Hilda during 1917c at Boulder, WA

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