James Remington COOPER MM

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COOPER, James Remington

Service Numbers:	3007, 3007A
Enlisted:	14 November 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Army Pay Corps (AIF)
Born:	Poimena, Tasmania, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bookkeeper
Died:	West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, February 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Cremation service held on 1 March 1973 in the Derwent Gardens Cemetery. Ashes interred in a Niche Wall, Section T, Row A, Niche 25
Memorials:	Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

14 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3007, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3007, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3007, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
7 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, From 37th Battalion. Letter A added to his service number when taken on strength
16 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: On the 11th and 12th August, 1918 south of Proyart, he displayed great courage in carrying out his duty as a linesman, repairing wires under heavy artillery fire and by his determination and devotion to duty communication was successfully maintained and mutual support in the advance was rendered possible London Gazette on 24 January 1919, page 1251, position 1. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 897, position 186
24 Jun 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From 37th Battalion
4 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3007A, Army Pay Corps (AIF), per HT Norman
25 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3007A, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James William Cooper of Derby, Tasmania

Husband of Edith Anne Cooper of Wynyard, Tasmania nee Gates. James and Edith married during 1916c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard HT Norman disembarking on the 18 August 1919

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1923 James was residing in Elizaberth Street, Hobart, Tasmania

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