COOPER, Hubert Lloyd
| Service Number: | 5198 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Zealnd, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Tresco, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 28 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 1, Row D, Grave 12. Rev. W.T. Strahan officiated |
| Memorials: | Geelong Grammar School Community Members Who Served |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5198, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 5198, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 5198, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne | |
| 19 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 8th Light Horse Regiment, From 3rd Light Horse Bridge Train | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Transferred 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Wound to the left leg | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Conflicting places of birth some say New Zealand and others Lake Boga, Victoria
Name on War Graves site has his name as Herbert Lloyd Cooper https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/74216/HERBERT%20LLOYD%20COOPER/
Son of Alexander Cooper and Agnes Cooper of Geelong, Victoria. Next of kin given as Claud Fancourt Cooper of Geelong, Victoria
Husband of Christina Margaret Cooper nee Morrisson of White Hills Soldiers Home, Bendigo, Victoria formerly of Gippsland Victoria. Hubert and Chirstina married in Victoria durng 1915c
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal