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Charles Cooper

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Gunner Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    • Charles AWMM
    • Henry Public - Rowan - Other relative - 13 April 2019 - BDM records
  • Surname
    Cooper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charles Henry WILLIAMS Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Birth Record (BMD NZ records)
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2016 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 December 1886 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    19 December 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of William & Sarah Ruth Cooper Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Wainui, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Killed in action 1918 Public - David E. - Other Relative - 28 February 2015 - Army history sheet started on enlistment
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Sarah P. Cooper (mother), Wainui, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egytpian, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Army Field Artillery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2016 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 AWMM
    • 19 April 1915 at Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Self employed as a sheep farmer Public - David E. - Other Relative - 28 February 2015 - Army history sheet on enlistment an electrol roll
  • Age on enlistment
    25yrs 9 1/2 mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record

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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    • Charles Cooper was the son of William and Sarah Ruth Cooper, of Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM
    • April 1918 - The sad advice has been received by Mrs. W. Cooper, of Wainui, that her eldest son, Gunner Charles Henry Cooper, of the New Zealand Field Artillery, was killed in action on March 19. Gunner Cooper who was well known to a large circle of friends left with the Sixth Reinforcements. He was in Egypt for some time and later went to France. He. was about 31 years of age. His death will be deeply regretted and much sympathy will be extended to his mother and relatives. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14570, 4 April 1918, Page 3
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 March 1918 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    The Huts Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XV. C. 12. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
13 April 2019RowanChristchurchOther relative
12 September 2017CarolHastings, New ZealandOther
19 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
28 February 2015David E.Auckland Other Relative

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