Charles Veasey COOPER

Regimental number6244
Place of birthNorfolk, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine driver
AddressGogeldine Station, Whitton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Mr T Cooper, South House, Wisbeck Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Enlistment date11 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 11 April 1916 - 4th Bn 20th Reinforcements; taken on strength 4th Bn 12 February 1917; Lcpl 5 June 1917; mortally owunded 18 September 1918.
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1918
Place of death or woundingHindenburg
Age at death32
Place of burialLa Chapeletts British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 13), Peronne, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal