Regimental number | 2819 |
Place of birth | Seymour, Tasmania |
School | Seymour State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Seymour, East Coast, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Edmund cooper, Seymour, East Coast, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Westhoek Ridge, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 13), Boesinghe, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 65 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edmund and Emily Louisa COOPER, Seymour, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Uncle and numerous cousins killed; one cousin MM. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |