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Bertie COOPER

Regimental number349
Place of birthClifton Hill, Victoria
SchoolFairfield Park State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlasterer
Address15 Henderson Street, South Northcote, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinEdward H Cooper, 15 Henderson Street, South Northcote, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date19 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 19 January 1915; taken on strength 21st Bn 4 May 1915; accidentally wounded 5 October 1916; temporary cpl 1 April 1917; mortally wounded 1 May 1917.
FateDied of wounds 1 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death21
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Sophia COOPER, 15 Henderson Street, South Northcote, Victoria

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