Cecil Jocelyn (Bay) COOPER

COOPER, Cecil Jocelyn

Service Number: 30188
Enlisted: 4 July 1916, Royal Agricultural Society Grounds, Sydney
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1897
Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bank clerk
Died: Natural causes, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 19 December 1960, aged 63 years
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
East Terrace 2, Wall 15
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World War 1 Service

4 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 30188, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Royal Agricultural Society Grounds, Sydney
16 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Nov 1916: Involvement Driver, 30188, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916: Embarked Driver, 30188, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Benalla, Sydney
25 Aug 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 30188, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HT Benalla, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 27 October 1917.
19 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 30188, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Basil Cooper and Maude Anne Cooper nee Nealds of 'Tenley', Upper Avenue Road, Mosman, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 26 October 1917

Medals: British War Medal