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Alfred John Charles Cooper

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred John Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Cooper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 911261 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Alfred William Cooper, Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 911261 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Bangkok, Thailand Chris Brooks POW research
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of malaria, dysentry, scabies and tropical ulcers. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Alfred William and Mehalia Jane Cooper, of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand.

    Serving with the 118th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery at the time of death. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.

    Prisoner of war part of making the Thailand Burma Railway. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 December 1942 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kanchanaburi War Cemetery AWMM 8. G. 70. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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