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COOPER, Alan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 551 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1916, Enlisted at Port Melbourne, Victoria with the rank of Abel Bodied Driver |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Franklinford, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Franklinford, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller/Motor Cyclist |
| Died: | Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated 3 January 1979 and ashes collected |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 551, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Enlisted at Port Melbourne, Victoria with the rank of Abel Bodied Driver | |
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| 15 Dec 1916: | Involvement 551, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Dec 1916: | Embarked 551, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Vestalia, Melbourne | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers, 17th Field Company Engineers | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 14th Field Company Engineers, From 17th Field Company Engineers | |
| 27 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company, From 14th Field Company Engineers | |
| 26 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 551, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as Alan Theophilus Cooper, BMD record number 28238
Son of Edward Stocker Cooper and May Ann Cooper nee Bumstead of Franklinford, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Dongala disembarking on 16 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal