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COOPER, Russell Herbert
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 68906, N297006, N446011 |
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Enlisted: | 24 July 1918, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) |
Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 12 July 1897 |
Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 68906, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Armidale, NSW | |
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14 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 68906, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Wyreema embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
14 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 68906, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), SS Wyreema, Sydney | |
3 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 68906, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
World War 2 Service
15 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N297006 | |
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24 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N446011 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Cooper and Mary Ann Cooper of 'Woodburn', Armidale, NSW
Disembarked at Cape Town on 22 December 1918 before re-embarking HT Saxon on 4 January 1919 for return to Australia ddiembarking on 22 February 1919
Medal: British War Medal
Durind 1928c Russell married Mary J. Morrissey in Armidale, NSW