COOPER, Alexander
| Service Numbers: | 2325, 2325A |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Pittsworth, Queensland, Australia, 20 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1961, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld QLD register number B/48420 Plot 2, Row L, Grave 5 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2325, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2325, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2325, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 6 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Re-allocated service number 2325A | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2325A, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District. On 23 March 1918 he had reverted to the rank of gunner at his own request |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Cooper and Sarah Anne Cooper nee Anderson of the Baking Board, Chinchilla, QLD.
Brother of Daniel Cooper, James William Cooper who returned to Australia on 10 August 1919 having served with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Martha Annie Cooper, William Stanley Cooper, Jane Elizabeth Cooper, Herbert Roy Cooper and Doris Isabel Cooper
Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Ellizabeth Ethel Cooper nee Skinner. Alexander and Elizabeth married on 7 March 1922 in QLD.