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Allen Claude Cooper

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Portrait of Lieutenant Allen Claude Cooper, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 1 / F695 17. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Lieutenant Allen Claude Cooper, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 1 / F695 17. Image is s …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allen Claude AWMM
  • Surname
    Cooper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12/321 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 February 1893 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Barry Road, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Annie Agnew (mother), Barry Road, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/321 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
    WW1 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Plumber Public - Leah - 23 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • 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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    • Son of Margaret Ann Agnew (formerly Cooper) and the late William Cooper



      Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli

      New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM
    • Born 10 February 1893 Public - Cheryl - Other relative - 25 April 2016 - NZ Birth Deaths & Marriages

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Waihi RSA, 71 Seddon Avenue, Waihi 3610 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Always remembered
    Public - Cheryl - Other relative - 24 April 2020
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  • Never forgotten
    Public - Cheryl - Other relative - 1 June 2017
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  • Forever remembered
    Public - Cheryl - Other relative - 25 April 2016
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  • We will not forget
    Public - Cheryl - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • 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. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 147 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
24 April 2020CherylNapierOther relative
25 April 2016CherylNapier, New ZealandOther relative
24 April 2015CherylNapier New ZealandOther Relative
23 April 2015LeahHamilton, New ZealndOther

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