Rex Albert COOPER

COOPER, Rex Albert

    Service Number: 21905
    Enlisted: 21 March 1938
    Last Rank: Able Seaman
    Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    Born: Randwick, New South Wales, 10 June 1920
    Home Town: Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Electrician
    Died: Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave (at sea), Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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    Non Warlike Service

    21 Mar 1938: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 21905, Sydney, New South Wales

    World War 2 Service

    21 Mar 1938: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 21905
    20 Nov 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 21905, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...21905 Able Seaman Rex Cooper of Randwick, NSW. Enlisting in the navy for twelve years in 1938, Cooper spent his entire service on board HMAS Sydney (II) as a Seaman Torpedoman. He was one of the 645 crew who were killed during the HMAS Sydney's engagement with the German auxiliary cruiser HSK Kormoran on 19 November 1941." - SOURCE

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