Claude Hector Peapell COOPER

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COOPER, Claude Hector Peapell

Service Number:	1122
Enlisted:	9 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, 1 October 1890
Home Town:	Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Signalman (S.A.R)
Died:	Natural causes, West Croydon, South Australia, 7 August 1952, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: Kendrew Oval, Row No:14, Site No:50
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards

World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1122, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1122, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1122, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
12 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
1 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1122, 3rd Pioneer Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Charles Cooper and Anne Sadler Cooper nee Peapell of Gibson Street, Bowden, SA

Brother of Elisha Elijah Henry Peapell Cooper, Pearl Mathilda Peapell Cooper, John Charles Cooper, Ruby Alice Peapell Cooper, Thomas Henry Peapell Cooper, Cora Melissa Peapell Cooper, Hecto Wilfred Peapell Cooper, Hilda Muriel Peapell and John Alfred Peapell Cooper

Commenced return to Australia on 27 May 1919 aboard HT Rio Padro disembarking on 17 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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