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COOPER, Thomas Frederick James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5969 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 18 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Walloon, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 8 April 1972, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5969, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5969, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5969, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 6 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnnelling Companies reinforcements | |
| 6 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5969, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5969, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William James Cooper and Sophia Louisa Cooper nee Griesheimer of Walloon, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 27 June 1919 at Melbourne for onwad travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Lillian Henrietta Cooper nee Radunz