COOPER A.J.

COOPER A.J.

Given Names: Albert John

Service Number: 1181

Unit: Field Artillery Brigade 2, Bty6

Rank: Gunner

Paybook Number:

Age: 23 Yrs 2 Mths

Occupation: Public Servant

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 7 In

Weight: 140 Lbs

Chest: 37 In

Hair: Black

Eyes: Yellowish

Complexion: Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 17/8/1914

Place: Albert Park

Next of Kin: FATHER John Henderson Cooper

143 Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 20/10/1914

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Shropshire A9

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Leicestershire

Embarked: 9/12/1918

Disembarked: 22/1/1919

Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

Rank: Gunner

Discharge Date: 23/3/1919

Place:

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 13140

British War Medal: 2766

Victory Medal: 2763

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 28/6/1891

Place: Bairnsdale, Victoria

Father: John Henderson COOPER

Mother: Annie PHILLIPS

MARRIAGE

Year: 1936

Place: Victoria

Spouse: Nancy Gwendoline MILNER

DEATH

Date or Year: 2/12/1972

Place: Mordialloc, Victoria

Burial: Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 31/7/1917; shrapnel wound, knee

Wounded in action 22/8/1918; gun shot wound, chest and left leg

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance