Regimental number | 391 |
Place of birth | Cathcart, New South Wales |
School | Cathcart Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Cathcart, via Ararat, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Rose Cooper, Cathcart, via Ararat, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in 19th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Ararat, Victoria. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Ararat, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | SQSM |
Unit name | 4th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/9/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A18 Wiltshire on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commisioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 53rd Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Second Supplement No 30107, 1 June 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 169, 4 October 1917. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Bapaume, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave no 28), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 157 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Adele Rosalie Cooper. Native of Cathcart, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 20 May 1915. To hospital, sick, 25 September 1915; admitted to HS 'Gloucester Castle' (no date recorded; dysentery), and transferred to St Patrick's Hospital, Malta; transferred to Overseas Base, Ghezireh, Egypt, 7 December 1915; rejoined regiment, Heliopolis, 7 January 1916. Transferred to B Squadron as Squadron Sergeant Major, 10 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 27 March 1916. Taken on strength, 1st A&NZ Mounted Regiment, 13 May 1916; transferred to 2nd Anzac Mounted Regiment, 7 July 1916. Transferred to 53rd Bn, 20 September 1916. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 27 September 1916. On leave to England, 21 November 1916; rejoined Bn from leave, 7 December 1916. Detached to Brigade convoy duty, 8 December 1916; rejoined Bn from detachment, 17 December 1916. Detached to Divisional Infantry School, 15 January 1917; rejoined Bn, 21 January 1917. Killed in action, 29 March 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |