Edmund James COOPER

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COOPER, Edmund James

Service Number:	2819
Enlisted:	19 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Seymour, Tasmania, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Seymour, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Seymour State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 6 October 1917
Cemetery:	Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension Plot 1, Row H, Grave 13. Headstone inscription reads:In memory of the dearly loved son of Mr. & Mrs. Cooper of Seymour, Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2819, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2819, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 12th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the hand. Invalided to England on 31 July 1916 aboard HS Dieppe
6 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2819, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2819 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-06

Great Great Uncle

Edmund James is my great-great uncle on my father's side. He was the 5th child and 2nd son of his parents. He was injured before his death, but he recovered and then died soon after. He has a remembrance grave in his hometown, with his older brother, who also joined the army but returned. He left behind 9 siblings.
His mother was his next of kin, who then had to fight with the Australian Army for her to receive his pension and his personal belongings.

Submitted 5 September 2022 by Jayne Cooper

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edmund Cooper and Emily Louisa Cooper of Seymour, Tasmania

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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