COOPER, Francis Samuel Albert
| Service Number: | 812 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Place of enlistment - Casula, Sydney New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dubbo District School, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Illness (Bronchitis), France, 11 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot V, Row E, Grave 17A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo District School Honor Roll, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden, Dubbo Wesley Uniting Church WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 812, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Casula, Sydney New South Wales | |
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| 10 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 812, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Sydney on 20th February 1916 disembarking Marseilles, France 5th May 1916, then entrained for Hazebrouck detraining on 8th May 1916. | |
| 24 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 812, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Taken to hospital with bronchitis | |
| 11 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 812, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Died of bronchitis at No. 26 General Hospital Etaples --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 812 awm_unit: Australian Mining Corps awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-06-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William James and Maria Elizabeth COOPER, Kingewarra Street, Dubbo, New South Wales.
News has been received of the death of Private Frank Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cooper, and brother of Mr. W. Cooper, of the Western Stores, Ltd. This sad event occurred in Egypt, and the details to hand are of the most meagre character. Deceased enlisted in Dubbo, and sailed for the front a few months ago, and prior to his death was in training in Egypt. Captain-Chaplain C. Wesley, of Dubbo, has had it officially reported to him that No. 812, Private F. S. A. Cooper, 2nd Mining Corps, died of disease on the 11th June. The report went on as follows:- Please inform Mr. W. J. Cooper of Carrington Avenue, Dubbo, and convey to him the deep regret and sympathy of their Majesties the King and Queen and the Commonwealth Government in the loss that they and the army have sustained by the death of this soldier-(Signed) Colonel Luscombe.
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