Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 05/09/1918
- Place of Enlistment
- Queanbeyan NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Majura ACT
- Address (at enlistment)
- Majura ACT
- Occupation
- Horse breaker
- Next of Kin
- Joseph Cooper (father), Majura ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- Depot
Notes
Cooper was a horse breaker from Majura, but was discharged because of an old injury to his left foot. He died on 28 July 1969 and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Queanbeyan. He was the brother of Thomas Harman Cooper.
Description - height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 140 pounds, chest 33-36 inches, fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Methodist.
Sources
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Peter Procter, 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan', Canberra, Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra, 2001 (p.56)