COOPER, Edgar Charles
Service Numbers: | 59718 , 59718 |
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Enlisted: | 4 June 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
Born: | Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, 9 June 1880 |
Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1933, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican area, Section AD, Grave 246 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
4 Jun 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59718 , 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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30 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 59718, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Gaika embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
30 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 59718, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Gaika, Sydney | |
13 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From re-inforcements | |
10 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), From 55th Battalion | |
22 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 59718 , Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Edgar Cooper and Mary (Molly) Cooper nee Jackman of Isle of Wight, Engalnd
Commenced return to Australia on 17 April 1920 aboard HT Bahia Castle disembarking on 21 Hune 1920
Medal. British War Medal
Father of ex-nuptial child in England with Agnes Oldrieve of Warminster, Wiltshire
Husband of Elsie Cooper nee Spinney of Anerum Street, North Sydney, NSW. Edgar and Elsie married during 1913c in Newtown, NSW. Elise died in 1922c
Husband of Alice M. Cooper