Robert William COOPER

COOPER, Robert William

    Service Number: 3711
    Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
    Last Unit: Depot Units of Supply
    Born: Wimbleton, England, 1892
    Home Town: Oakey, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Porter
    Memorials: Oakey War Memorial, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3711, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3711, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
    30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3711, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    28 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 9th Battalion
    11 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Depot Units of Supply, From 49th Battalion
    26 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, Depot Units of Supply
    7 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3711, Depot Units of Supply, Discharged in London. Unit demobilised

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Olive Ruth Cooper nee Grant of Fairbairn Bridge Street, Oakey, QLD. Robert and Olive married on 15 December 1915 in QLD

    Awarded Meritorious Service Medal - London Gazette on
    18 January 1919, page 1021, position 13 and Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on
    3 June 1919, page 939, position 19

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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