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Francis COOPER

Regimental number1425
Place of birthBowden, South Australia
SchoolPublic School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address202 Gooer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 4"
Weight114 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Grace Cooper, 202 Gooer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 April 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/16/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 20 December 1915
Place of death or woundingEgypt
Age at death27
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 229), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
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Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Disembarked Egypt, 17 December 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis (no date); dangerously ill, 19 December 1915; died of disease, 3.15 pm, 20 December 1915 (meningitis).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, COOPER Francis

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