COOPER, Samuel
| Service Number: | 761 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Pelsall, Staffordshire, England, 20 April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Heath Town Church of England (Controlled) School (Mixed Junior), (Wolverhampton, England |
| Occupation: | 1911 census lists him as labourer in oil mill living Hull. 1912 listed as a passenger on a boat to Sydney.Emigrated to NSW, Australia. Became policeman. Enlisted Aus army |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 761, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 29 Mar 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarkation | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 761, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 761, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 17th Battalion | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 761, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 761 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 |
Sgt Samuel COOPER
Born. 20 APR 1890 Pelsall, Staffordshire, England.
Father – Samuel Cooper b.1866 Pelsall Staffs & mother was Maria Jane b.1865 Pelsall Staffs
Siblings Charlotte b.1889 Pelsall Staffs; Samuel b.1891 Pelsall Staffs ; David b.1892 Pelsall Staffs; Rowland b.1895 Pelsall Staffs; Charles b.1897 Walsall; Matilda b.1899 Wolverhampton ; Martha b.1900 Wolverhampton ; Harriet b.1902 Wolverhampton ;
Harmer b.1904 Wolverhampton; Maria b.1908 Hull
1896 - living Prestwood Rd., Walsall
14.9.1896 Admitted Heath Town Church of England (Controlled) School (Mixed Junior), (Wolverhampton, England)1901 census living Wolverhampton Rd, Heath Town Parish
1911 census living 11 Adderbury Grove Beverley Road Hull, England.
Emigrated to NSW, Australia. Became policeman. Passenger Lists show a Samuel Cooper on a boat to Sydney 1912.
Enlisted Aus Machine Gun Corps, 5th Coy . N. France 14.11.16 aged 26. Named on Villiers-Bretonneux Memorial (761), N France
Submitted 12 April 2019 by Isobel Duncalfe
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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