Regimental number | 2875 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Yass district of New South Wales |
School | Coolamon Public School |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Coolamon, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Francis Cooper, Coolamon, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 57th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/74/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 57th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Other details |
War service: Western Front from Sydney, disembarking at Plymouth, 9 January 1917. Appointed Acting Sergeant while at sea (3 November 1916), 15th Training Bn. Proceeded overseas to France, 5 April 1917; joined 57th Bn, 8 April 1917. Hospitalised in France, 11 May 1917; rejoined unit, 24 May 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 31 May 1917; Corporal, 28 July 1917. Wounded in the field, France, 25 September 1917 (multiple gun shot wounds to the knee). Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, England on 17 October 1917; transferred to No. 2 Commmand Depot, Weymouth, 2 February 1918. Commenced return to Australia, 5 April 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Coolamon Cemetery, New South Wales |