Richard Henry COOPER

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COOPER, Richard Henry

Service Numbers:	QX43746, Q9258, Q9258
Enlisted:	25 January 1940
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	1 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1918
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Fortitude Valley Boys’ State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, 25 September 2008, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

25 Jan 1940:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QX43746, also Q9258
25 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX43746
24 Jun 1941:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, Q9258, also QX43746
24 Jun 1941:	Enlisted
17 Nov 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q9258, 1 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
18 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX43746, 1 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
13 Apr 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2
3 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX43746

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Youngest of three brothers (John and Bill) who served in WWII, Warrant Officer II Richard Henry Cooper (Service Nos:Q9258/QX43745) initially served in the ACMF as a Gunner with 5 Field Regiment from 25 January 1940 to 17 November 1942, and was a Sergeant attached to 1 Australian Tank Attack Regiment when he enlisted in the AIF on 18 November 1942. Promoted to Warrant Officer II on 13 April 1943, he served with 651 Light Anti Aircraft Battery and 2/2 Australian Field Regiment. WOII Cooper served in New Guinea (12 July 1945 - 15 December 1945), and was attached to 2/1 Tank Attack Regiment at Discharge on 3 January 1946.

Richard was born in Brisbane QLD in 1918, youngest of six children of Phillip Henry Cooper (b1877 in Warwickshire, England) and Amelia Jane Harris (b1881 in Brisbane, QLD). Phillip immigrated in 1887, arriving in Brisbane on board the Jumna. Phillip and Amelia married in 1901 in Brisbane, where they settled and raised their family and Phillip worked as a Fruiterer, Dealer and Butcher.

Richard was working as a Carter in Brisbane in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army, and in 1943 in Cairns married Christina Birch (b1921 in Cairns, QLD) - Christina was working in Cairns as a Waitress. Following his Discharge from the Army, Richard and Christina lived in Brisbane, where Richard was a Labourer, before settling at Deception Bay in the early 1950s. Richard was a Metal Worker until retirement, and died in 2008.

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