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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private George Begg Cooper |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
George Begg |
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| Surname: |
Cooper |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
9/1412 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs John Cooper (mother), Bannockburn, South Island, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
548 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
7th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
9 October 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
148 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
France |
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| Date of Death: |
8 December 1918 |
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| Age at Death: |
31 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
XLVII. C. 8. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Son of John and Mary Cooper, of Bannockburn, Otago |
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| Description of Image: |
- Headstone, Etaples Military Cemetery
- Headstone, Etaples Military Cemetery, close-up
- Etaples Military Cemetery
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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