COOPER, Charles Frederick
| Service Numbers: | 1029, 20559 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Katandra, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Trafalgar, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 April 1923, aged 28 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Row ZD, Grave 334 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1029, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 1029, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 1029, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, From 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20559, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 6 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20559, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20559, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, In France | |
| 22 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 20559, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements, Remained on duty | |
| 22 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1029, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Remained on duty | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1029, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Shell wound to the right buttock. Invalided to England on 30 September 1918 | |
| 27 Feb 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Light Motor Set Wireless Troop and 1st Reinforcements | |
| 23 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1029, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Sometimes known as Frederick Charles Cooper birth name registered the same. Record number 13293
Son of Charles John Cooper and Maria Martha Cooper nee Fegent of Trafalgar, Victoria. Brother of Albert Cooper, Alice Maud Cooper, Beatrice Amy Cooper, Maxwell Charles Louis Cooper, Greta Hilda Vera Cooper and Horace Reginald Athol Cooper
Husband of Dorothy Alice Cooper nee Grigg. Charles and Alice married during 1920c in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on the 25 April 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Cooper of Bendigo Avenue, Elwood, Victoria formerly of Launceston, Tasmania
Returned to Australia on 16 February 1920 aboard Mantua
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal