COOPER, Harold
| Service Number: | 4689 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingston, South Australia, 31 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sandy Grove Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - head, Warlencourt, France, 9 August 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot 111, Row M, Grave 4, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingston South East War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4689, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4689, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4689, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
On 26 November 1920 May signed a Statuatory Declaration stating the Harold was born prior to May's marriage to Alfred and was christened under May's madien name of Flavel. He then assumed the surname of Cooper following May's marriage to Alfred at which time he was about two years of age
Son of May Cooper nee Flavel and stepson of Alfred Cooper of Sandy Grove, Kingston, SA
Brother of Walter Stanley Cooper who returned to Australia on 15 July 1919 having served with the 48th Battalion; Sydney Roy Cooper who died on wounds on 11 April 1917 while serving with the 48th Battalion and has no known grave
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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