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COOPER, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6729 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Frances, South Australia, 9 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Frances, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Frances Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Grave 36. Headstone inscription reads: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori Lest we forget. May translate as:- it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. Partly from a poem by Roman poet Horace. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Frances War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6729, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6729, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6729, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Involvement Driver, 6729, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6729 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-08-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Sebastion Cooper and Mary Matilda Cooper nee O'Shannessy of Second Street, Frances, SA. Brother of Henry James Cooper, John Cooper, Thomas Cooper, Myrtle Margaret Cooper, Allan Anthony Cooper, Ellen Kathleen Cooper, Cecil Cooper, Lewis Cooper, Violet Agnes Cooper, Francis Cooper, Eva Mary Cooper, Stuart Cooper
On 12 January 1916 Arthru married Mary Ann Fitzgerald in Sydney, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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