Ronald Wallace Archibald COOPER

COOPER, Ronald Wallace Archibald

    Service Number: 846
    Enlisted: 13 April 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 25th Machine Gun Company
    Born: Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Bothwell, Central Highlands, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Tasmania, Australia, 1 September 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Ringarooma Cemetery
    Memorials: Men of Bothwell Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
    15 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the right thigh
    4 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, From 26th Battalion
    15 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company, From 1st Casualty Clearing Station
    13 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion
    15 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance, From 25th Machine Gun Company
    14 Feb 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company, From 15th Field Ambulance
    23 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 846, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick Cooper of Alexander Street, Bothwell,  Tasmania

    Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle disembarking at Melbourne on 7 May 1919 for onward travel to Tasmania

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

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