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COOPER, Bertram Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5237 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1915, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 9 June 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Anglican area, Block FM, row DDD, Grave 495 |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5237, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5237, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5237, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion | |
| 4 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5237, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Cooper and Rebecca Cooper of Hobart, Tasmania
Husband of Elizabeth Catherine Cooper of Ware Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Apprenticed to John Blundstone & Sons for about five years
Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard Pakeda disembarking on 22 October 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In November 1935 he was residing in Regent Street, Sydney, NSW