COOPS, Joseph
| Service Number: | 3620 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 1 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 6 January 1946, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3620, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3620, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3620, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 3620, 4 Division Training per Militades | |
| 9 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3620, 4 Division Training |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Joseph was the eighth of twelve children of Samuel Coops (born 1853 in Cheshire, England) and Annie Burke (born 1860 in Wigan, Lancashire). Samuel, a Silk Piecer, and Annie married in Cheshire in 1884 and emigrated with their two children to Maryborough in QLD in 1886.
Joseph was a Painter in Maryborough, QLD when he enlisted in Bundaberg, QLD the AIF in November 1916 - he had been rejected earlier on the basis of height. Joseph had previously served five years with the Cadets. Joseph served as a Private (Service No: 3620) with 11th Depot Battalion, 9th Reinforcements 4th Pioneers and 4th Australian Divisional Training. He was a Driver when he was Discharged in 1919.
Joseph returned to Maryborough, QLD and worked as a Labourer until his death in 1946. He married Johanna Josephine Norwood (born 1901 in Maryborough, QLD) in 1921 in Maryborough, QLD. Josephine died in Brisbane, QLD in 1966