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COOPER, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4681 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hexham, Victoria, Australia, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Hexham, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Previously buried by another serviceman of the 24th Battalion but grave was lost, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hexham War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4681, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4681, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4681, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4681, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Cooper and Mary Cooper nee Sloss of Hexham, Victoria.
Brother of James Cooper MM who returned Australia on 2 July 1919 having served with the 14th Battalion also brother of John Sloss Cooper and William Cooper both of Hexham
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal