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Alexander COOPER

Regimental number3139
Place of birthVictoria
SchoolBrown Hill State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationHairdresser
AddressKalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, George Cooper, Brisbane Street, Brown Hill, Western Australia
Enlistment date19 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLa Plus Douve Farm Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. I), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
152
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Annie Cooper, Brisbane Street, Brown Hillm, Western Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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