Rufus Paul COOPER

Rufus Paul COOPER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

COOPER, Rufus Paul

Service Number:	3453
Enlisted:	5 December 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moree, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town:	Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Boonie Public School New South Wales
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchedalle, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried near Passchedalle but grave was subsequently lost
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree All Saints Anglican Church Honour Board

World War 1 Service

5 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
5 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Emerald, QLD
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3453, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3453, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney

Help us honour Rufus Paul Cooper's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George D. Cooper and Alice Cooper of Balo Street, Moree, NSW

Served as an apprentice saddle maker with Alex McDougall of Boonie Street, Moree, NSW

Rufus enlisted in Queensland on declartation of war, and served at Rabaul and then returned to Australia and was discharged. He then re-enlisted with the AIF and served in France and Belgium, was reported missing and later reported as killed in action at Passchedaele on October 12,1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia