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COOPER, Reginald Vincent
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4754 |
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Enlisted: | 2 October 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Luton, Bedfordshire, England, 1895 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 13 April 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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7 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
7 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
31 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
15 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
16 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Infantry Base Depot (AIF), T.O.S. from 8th Infantry Battalion -- HQ -- Havre, France | |
21 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Anzac Provost Corps , From Base Depot. At Tidsworth | |
11 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharge from service -- Medically Unfit -- Otitis -- London, England |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herbert William Cooper of Balmoral Road, Leyton, England
At the time of enlistment Reginald was employed with the Commonwealth Savings Bank, Melbourne, Victoria
On 25 December 1918 Reginald married Frances Alice Quatermace in the Leyton Parish Church, Leyton, England. Canon Thornton Duesbrie officiated