Charles William COOPER

COOPER, Charles William

Service Number: 3873
Enlisted: 24 August 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 10th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Accrington, Lancashire, England, 1892
Home Town: Mount Barker, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Teamster
Died: Died of wounds, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 26 October 1917
Cemetery: Nine Elms British Cemetery
Plot V11, Row A, Grave 6, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3873, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3873, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ajana, Fremantle
16 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner
19 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Transferred from the 16th Battalion. At Serapeum
5 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Transferred from the 4th Field Artillery Brigade to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade In the field
5 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field
26 Oct 1917: Involvement Driver, 3873, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3873 awm_unit: 38th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-26

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 20 years

Son of William and Eliza Cooper of 204 Stanley Street, Accrington, Lancashire, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal