William James COOPER

COOPER, William James

    Service Number: 144
    Enlisted: 18 September 1914
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
    Born: Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1886
    Home Town: Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Flour Mill Hand
    Died: Natural causes, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1966, aged 79 years
    Cemetery: Sedgefield General Cemetery, Singleton, New South Wales
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 144, 13th Infantry Battalion
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 144, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 144, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    2 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 144, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    16 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion
    16 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
    12 Dec 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 144, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    PRIVATE W. J. COOPER.
    Private W. J. Cooper, wounded is 28 years of age and a native of Goorangoola, Singleton, where his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. Cooper reside. He was working at a Tamworth flour mill when he enlisted. Private Cooper had previous military training, being in the artillery at Sydney and also at Thursday Island.

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