Francis COOPER

COOPER, Francis

    Service Number: 1425
    Enlisted: 12 April 1915
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 11th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Bowden, South Australia, 21 February 1890
    Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Public School, South Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Meningitis, Heliopolis Hospital, Egypt, 20 December 1915, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
    Row D, Grave 229,
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
    18 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1425, 11th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    18 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1425, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
    20 Dec 1915: Involvement Trooper, 1425, 11th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1425 awm_unit: 11 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-12-20

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Benjamin Cooper and Sarah Jane Cooper nee Singer of Bowden, SA

    Husband of Grace Darling Cooper nee Worley of Gouger Street, Adelaide, SA. Francis and Grace were married on 7 May 1910 at the residence of Mr. Leak of Goodwood, SA. Father of Thelma Florence Cooper, George Francis Clifton Cooper and Dorothy Grace Cooper

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

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