Place of birth | Randwick New South Wales |
School | Public School, College and Hgh School, New South Wales |
Other training | Passed Bankers Institute examination |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Electrical engineer |
Address | 13 Boyle Street, Mosman, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M. Cooper, 13 Boyle Street, Mosman, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A6 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular |
Enlisted in AN&MEF, 17 August 1914; discharged 4 March 1915; served as Pte 590; appointed 2LT in AIF, 29 October 1915 and posted to reinforcements of 2nd Bn; joined 2nd Bn, 30 November 1916; promoted LT, 18 December 1916; mortally wounded, 9 April 1917. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Hermies, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Place of burial | Baupaume Australian Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 15), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 32 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mrs M COOPER, Pinehurst, Moorestown, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |