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COOPER, Thomas Leslie Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6796 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Murat Bay , South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ostler |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 20 March 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremation date was 25 March 1969 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6796, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 6796, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 6796, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, In France. From 27th Battalion | |
| 3 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6796, 48th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left arm and chest. Transferred to England on 12 May 1918 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 6796, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6796, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Charles Cooper of Murat Bay, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarkiing on 18 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 31 March 1920 Thomas married Rose Chesterfield in the South Terrace Parsonage, Adelaide, SA. Father of Raymond Cooper
At the time of his death he was living in Kensington, SA