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Robert Harper COOPER

Regimental number3549
Place of birthPortadown, Co Armagh, Ireland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressDumerea, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Ireland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinT.S. Cooper, 105 Bridge Street, Portadown, Co Armagh, Ireland
Enlistment date25 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 26 July 1915 and posted to Rfcts of 1st Bn; taken on strength of Bn, 11 March 1916; wounded 26 July 1916.
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1916
Age at death31
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row A, Grave No. 12A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Portadown and District War Memorial, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

SourcesNAA: B2455, COOPER Robert Harper

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