Frederick James COOPER

COOPER, Frederick James

    Service Number: 3940
    Enlisted: 24 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 47th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ellendale, Tasmania, Australia, 13 February 1891
    Home Town: Ellendale, Central Highlands, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Claremont, Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, 6 May 1977, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
    Church of England area, Row CM, Grave 14
    Memorials: Ellendale Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3940, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    24 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3940, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    24 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3940, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
    18 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion, From 12th Battalion
    16 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 4th Pioneer Battalion
    5 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3940, 47th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the head. Invalided to England on 9 April 1918
    27 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3940, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to the loss of the left eye

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Edward Cooper and Emma Halyer Cooper nee Rayner of Ellendale, Tasmania

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1918  HT Medic (loss of an eye) disembarking on the 11 October 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

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

    Husband of Una Mary Cooper nee Heron in Tasmania

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