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COOPER, Frederick Ashley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5439 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walkerville, South Australia, 13 July 1868 |
| Home Town: | Keswick, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Gawler, South Australia, 4 June 1944, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Willaston General Cemetery, South Australia Block 56, Row H, Grave 4 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5439, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5439, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5439, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 1 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5439, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ashley Edward Cooper and Harriett Cooper nee Farrow of Lower Light, SA
Husband of Ellen Cooper nee Shearing of Kent Road, Keswick, SA. Frederick and Ellen married on 5 June 1901 in the Methodist Church, Brompton, SA. Father of William Samuel Cooper, Eileen Cooper, Arthur Frederick Cooper, George Ashley Cooper, Edward Cooper, Vera Gray Cooper and Jack Douglas Cooper
Commenced return to Australia 13 February 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 10 April 1917
Medal: British War Medal