COOPER, Robert Harper
| Service Number: | 3549 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), France, 28 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Grave X. A. 12A. , Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3549, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3549, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Address-Atkinson's Avenue, Dumerea, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Next of kin: T.S. Cooper, 105 Bridge Street, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
He is one of five Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Portadown and District War Memorial, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Enlisted 25/26 July 1915 at Liverpool, New South Wales and posted to 11th Reinforcement of 1st Bn.
Age at embarkation 29
Unit name 1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement.
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/18/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915.
Taken on strength of Battalion, 11 March 1916; wounded 26 July 1916.
Age at death 31.
Sources
NAA: B2455, COOPER Robert Harper
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