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COOPER, Loris Clyde
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1639 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Port Adelaide. South Australia, 17 February 1899 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1639, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1639, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1639, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle | |
| 4 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1639, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 4 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Generals Infantry Re-inforcements | |
| 3 Mar 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 1 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur William Riccard Cooper and Edith Cooper nee Bradshaw of Adeline Mill, Kalgoorlie, WA later of Northam, WA
Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 aboard HT City of Exeter disembarking on the 16 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal