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Frank Robert COOPER

Regimental number2548
Place of birthMurrurundi, New South Wales
SchoolMurrurundi Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressLittle William Street, Stockton near Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alice Alma Cooper, Little William Street, Stockton, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Helen COOPER; husband of Alice Alma COOPER, Rawson Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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