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Charles William COOPER

Regimental number3873
Place of birthAccrington, Lancashire, England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTeamster
AddressMount Barker, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Wcooper, 204 Stanley Street, Accrington Lancashire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 22 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 26 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 6), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Eliza COOPER, 120 Stanley Street, Accrington, Lancs, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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