William Thomas Frederick COOPER

Badge Number: 25010, Sub Branch: Pt Lincoln
25010

COOPER, William Thomas Frederick

    Service Numbers: 452, 13161
    Enlisted: 1 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Glanville, South Australia, 25 August 1890
    Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Died: Hindmarsh, South Australia, 24 August 1957, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia
    Section: Kendrew Oval Row Number: 15A Site Number: 18
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
    9 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 452, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
    9 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 452, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
    5 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 13161, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the back and left foot. Embarked for England from Calais on 16 June 1917
    6 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion
    4 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13161, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the right arm. Invalided to England on 10 July 1918
    16 Apr 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13161, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged as at the 4th Military District as medically unfit.

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Cooper and Ernestine Auguste Cooper nee Kauschke of Glanville, SA.

    Brother of Clarance Colin Alexander Cooper, Myrtle Georgina Maud Cooper, Florence Eva May Cooper, Ernest Arthur James Cooper and Edwin Albert Henry Cooper who returned to Australia on 14 January 1919 having served with the 39th Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 18 February 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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