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