George James COOPER

COOPER, George James

    Service Number: 2472
    Enlisted: 31 July 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 12th Field Company Engineers
    Born: Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 1876
    Home Town: Woori Yallock, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Road Inspector
    Died: Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Cremation service held on 21 March 1951. Interred in the Dodonaea area, Garden N4, Bed 3, Rose 22
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2472, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
    11 Dec 1915: Involvement Sapper, 2472, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    11 Dec 1915: Embarked Sapper, 2472, 2nd Field Company Engineers, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
    22 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Field Company Engineers, From 2nd Field Company Engineers. Promoted to Lance Corporal when taken on strength
    7 Feb 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2472, 12th Field Company Engineers, Wound to the left elbow.
    10 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Field Company Engineers
    10 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2472, 12th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Peter Cooper and Martha Cooper nee Davies of Woori Yallock, Victoria. Brother of Ernest Alexander Cooper MM who returned to Australia on 18 July 1919 having served with the 24th Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 board HT Amargh disembarking on 18  May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1929c George married Belle Adamthwaite in Victoria

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