Granville Thomas COOPER

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COOPER, Granville Thomas

Service Number:	399
Enlisted:	1 January 1900
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	New South Wales Citizen Bushmen
Born:	Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia , 3 June 1878
Home Town:	Burrowa, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Gunshot Wound To Stomach, Molopo, Ottoshoop, South Africa , 14 October 1900, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Zeerust Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boorowa Boer War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399
1 Jan 1900:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen
26 Feb 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, Ship Atlantian
12 Oct 1900:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, G.S.W. (Stomach).
14 Oct 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 399, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, D.O.W.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Granville Thomas COOPER was born on 3rd June 1878 in Burrowa, NSW (also known as Borrowa)

His parents were Solomon COOPER & Charlotte ELLIOTT who married in Burrowa in 1876

He enlisted in Burrowa in January 1900 and embarked with the NSW Citizens Bushmen, D Squadron on the ship Atlantian on 26th February, 1900

He died from a bullet wound to his stomach on 14th October, 1900 and was originally buried in Molopa Cemetery & later moved to Zeerust Cemetery in South Africa

Medals: Queens South Africa Medal with Rhodesia & Transvaal clasps

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