William Saunderson Cooper

Forenames

William Saunderson AWMM

Surname

Cooper AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1450 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

9 May 1882 AWMM
Ilkeston AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 24 Nov 1914 AWMM Mauke Island, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Eva May Cooper (wife), West Beach, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 3 children AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1450 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  MiD. General Sir John Maxwell's Dispatches 16 March 1916. Supplement to the London Gazette 21 June 1916. AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 24 Nov 1914 AWMM Government Official/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 24 Feb 1917 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Death

17 Oct 1943 AWMM
Age  61 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Plot 15 1/3 AWMM

Obituary

COOPE R — The Friends bf . the late William Saunderson Cooper, 10/1450, are Invited to attend his Funeral which. will leave the Chapel of R. H. Wilson and Sons Ltd., Tomorrow (Tuesday) October 19 '1943, at the conclusion of a Service, which commences at 11 a.m. for the Soldiers’ Cemetery, Karori.
Robert H. Wilson and Sons, Ltd., 164 Adelaide Rd, PONEKE LODGE, NO. 21. U.A.O.D.

COOPER — Members are invited to attend the Funeral of cur late Brother, W. Saunderson Cooper, which will 'leave at 11 a.m.. Tomorrow from Wilson and Sons Mortuary Chapel, Adelaide Rd., 'for’ the Soldiers’ Cemetery, Karori.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 June 2024 - EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXXVI, ISSUE 94, 18 OCTOBER 1943, PAGE 1

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21897315
  Further Reference
• Wellington City Council cemetery record and photograph
  http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/details.php?id=90128&Service=Burial
  Further Reference
• William Saunderson Cooper Collection, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
  http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/party.aspx?irn=29596
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q64485034
  Further Reference
• Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
  https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 149
• Cooper, William Saunderson. Papers, 1897 - 1914. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 96/72.
• William Saunderson Cooper Collection. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-2011-1.
• Cooper, William Saunderson (1913-1921) [Cooper Samoa album] Auckland War Memorial Museum album 544.
• Information kindly provided by family
• This record was partially compiled from information kindly provided by Bobby Nicholas, Paula Paniani and Cate Walker, Cook Islands Military History Research Project
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.