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COOPER, Charles William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3873 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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