COOPER, Thomas Cowie
| Service Number: | QX1838 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 16 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Public Servant |
| Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 13 September 1944, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, City of Townsville WW2 HR, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QX1838 | |
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| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX1838, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Townsville, Qld. | |
| 13 Sep 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Murray Black Cooper and Agnes Cooper, of South Townsville, Queensland, Australia
“South Townsville Brothers Missing – Corporal Ron (“Syke”) and Warrant Officer Tom Cooper, 127 Perkins Street, South Townsville, who have been reported missing on active service. Advice was received on Monday that Ron was reported missing, reported killed, on August 5, in Egypt. Both soldiers are South Townsville natives. They enlisted two years ago, Tom from the service of the Public Curator, and Ron from the Vacuum Oil Company. Ron was a prominent footballer before he enlisted.”
W.O. THOMAS COOPER
Mrs. A. Cooper, 127 Perkins Street, South Townsville, was recently advised that her son, Warrant Officer Thomas Cowie Cooper, was feared to have lost his life in the sinking of a Japanese transport on September 12 last. Warrant Officer Cooper, who was a member of the staff of the Public Curator at Townsville, enlisted in the A.I.F. in the early part of the war. His brother, Corporal R. C. ('Syke') Cooper, was killed in action at El Alamein.
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