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William Hector COOPER

Regimental number1055
Place of birthMNEWPORT, VICTORIA
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTrapper
AddressVictoria Coffee Palace, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Joseph Cooper, c/o Ryan, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceRANR; Naval Reserve; guard duty for Naval Reserve on the interned German Merchant Boats in 1914.
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingHarbonnieres, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. II), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Barbara COOPER
Family/military connectionsCousin: Major H. Bastain MC

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