Walter James Cooper
Died 7 Nov 1973
- Service number
- 6099 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 13th July 1911Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - NZ BDM Birth records
- Place of birth
- KaitaiaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - Northern Advocate, 3 June 1941, Page 6
- Birth notes
- Son of Charles Wallis & Eliza COOPERPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - NZ BDM Birth records
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Post office, Kaingaroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs P.C.D. Cooper (wife), care of Mrs Barret, P.O. Box 1752, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
- 1940 Walter James COOPER married Phyllis Charlotte Dorothy WALTONPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - NZ BDM Marriage records
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 6099 AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Carrier/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag 383 (previously Oflag III-C), Hohenfels, Bavaria AWMM
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Medical history
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Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Phyllis C.D. Cooper died on 30 November 1989 aged 77 years.
Listed as Sergeant at time of capture AWMM - Sergeant Walter J. Cooper (missing) is 30 years of age. He was born in Kaitaia and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cooper, reside at Kaingaroa, where Mr. Cooper, senior, was a school teacher from 1903 to 1906. Walter was a great footballer and represented Auckland province, and was a member of the New Zealand Maori team which toured Australia, He was included in many representative teams from North Auckland. In civil life he had been a service car driver and later owned and operated his own motor truckPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - Northern Advocate, 3 June 1941, Page 6
- Phyllis C.D. Cooper died on 30 November 1989 aged 77 years.
About death
- Death
- 7 Nov 1973 AWMM
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Maunu Cemetery, Cemetery Road off State Highway 14, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
Further Reference - Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
Further Reference - Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22817416
Further Reference - Elborough, Sophie. Upholding Māoritanga: Stories of Māori Prisoners of War in WWII . Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 16 April 2025. Updated: 17 April 2025.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/maori-pow
Further Reference
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- References
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 2: WW2 41 - List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
- Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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