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COOPER, Albert Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1728 |
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Enlisted: | 12 December 1914, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
Schooling: | Warracknabeal,Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Warracknabeal War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1728, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria | |
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13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1728, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1728, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Cooper and Mary Cooper nee Whittle of Palace Hotel, Warracknabeal, Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal