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COOPER, Thomas Percival
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7768 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Wyong, New South Wales, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7768, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7768, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7768, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7768, 15th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 28 August 1918 | |
| 12 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7768, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Charles Cooper and Catherine Taylor Cooper nee Oliphant of Gordon Street, Marrickville, NSW formerly of Brunswick, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 15 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Bisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Meal
During 1924c Thomas married Ellen M. Kinlyside in Newtown, NSW