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William Hector Cooper
Name on Board | WH Cooper |
Name on Service Records |
William Hector Cooper |
Enlistment Age | 20 |
Occupation | Trapper |
Place of Birth | Footscray, Vic |
Next of Kin | Joseph Cooper |
Address | Londsdale St, Melbourne |
Marital Status | S |
Enlistment Date | 14/07/1915 |
Service No. | 1055 |
Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
Embarkation Place | Sydney, NSW |
Embarkation Date | 9/11/1915 |
Embarkation Ship | HMAT Beltana A72 |
Unit on Embarkation | 30th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Date of Death | 9/08/1918 |
Unit on Death | 30th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Rank on Death | Corporal |
Cause of Death | KIA |
Place of Wounding/ Death |
France (Initially buried Lone Farm Cemetery, near Harbonnieres and Corbie. Exhumed from original grave and reinterred) |
Cemetery or Memorial | Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France |
Additional Information
Local connection: William Cooper's service records note that the William's father lived with his other son in North Road, Newport, Vic
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