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Edward Frank Lister Cooper

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 16 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 16 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Frank Lister AWMM
  • Surname
    Cooper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    3254 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1916 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of William & Anna Isabel COOPER of Otoko, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Care of Mrs M. Caley, Hamilton Road, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.I. Cooper (mother), P.O., Otoko, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    3254 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edward Cooper was the son of William and Anna Isabel Cooper, of Otoko, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 12. A. 4. AWMM
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  • Obituary
    KILLED IN CRETE
    PRIVATE E. F. L. COOPER Private Edward Frank Lister Cooper, who is reported in to-day’s casualty list to have been killed in Crete, was a son of Mrs. A. T. Cooper, Otoko. He was educated at the Otoko School and later at th» Gisborne High School. Private Cooper was among the first to enlist in Auckland after the outbreak of war, and left New Zealand with the First Echelon. He went from Egypt to Greece with the New Zealand forces and after seeing service there was evacuated to Crete, his relatives having letters from him written on the island. He was killed on May 24 during the fiercest fighting on the island.

    His relatives in this district, beside his mother, are Mrs. Fred. Barwick, Gisborne, Mrs. G. H. Shanks, Otoko, and Mrs. Sayle-R.eed, Wairoa. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - KILLED IN CRETE
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20584, 18 JUNE 1941, PAGE 9
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
    • Cambridge World War Two War Memorials AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 June 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
17 April 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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