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COOPER, Collingwood Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 293 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Rosebury Park, NSW |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | St Benidicts Roman Catholic School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Warehouseman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 July 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 1, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 293, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rosebury Park, NSW | |
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1 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Prior to embarking | |
20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 293, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 293, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
28 Jul 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 293, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 293 awm_unit: 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-07-28 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter and Emma Cooper of 106 Gibbes Street, Rockdale, NSW. formerly of Cleveland Street, Darlington, NSW. Brother of Walter Eustace Cooper
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served with the NSW Lancers prior to enlisting