COOPER, Keith Ashley
| Service Numbers: | 64, N106268 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Veterinary Section |
| Born: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 8 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1946, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tamworth General Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England area, Section N, Row 5, Grave 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 64, 1st Veterinary Section, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 64, 1st Veterinary Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 64, 1st Veterinary Section, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Veterinary Section | |
| 15 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Veterinary Section | |
| 23 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 64, 1st Veterinary Section, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N106268 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur William Cooper and Emily M.M. Cooper
Next of kin given as Clive Ashley Cooper of Gibb's Chambers, Moore Street, Sydney, NSW
Recommended for Meritorious Service Medal on 17 May 1918 for devotion to duty and services between 29 March 1918 and 1 May 1918 when under staffed he took care of heavy casualties among the horses. Award appeared: London Gazette on 1 January 1919, page 62, position 1 and later in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 891, position 28
Commenced return to Australia on 13 October 1918 aboard HT Devon disembarking on the 24 November 1918
Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921 Keeith married Amelia K. Woolaston in Tamworth, NSW