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Trooper Francis Cooper Veteran

Birth: 21 Feb 1890
Bowden, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia
Death: 20 Dec 1915 (aged 25)
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Burial: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery

Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt Add to Map
Plot: D. 229.
Memorial ID: 56081541 View Source

Service Number: 1425
Enlisted: 12 April 1915
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 11th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Bowden, South Australia, 21 February 1890
Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Meningitis, Illness, Heliopolis Hospital, Egypt, 20 December 1915, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Row D, Grave 229, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Son of Benjamin Cooper and Sarah Jane Cooper nee Singer of Bowden, SA

Husband of Grace Darling Cooper nee Worley of Gouger Street, Adelaide, SA. Francis and Grace were married on 7 May 1910 at the residence of Mr. Leak of Goodwood, SA. Father of Thelma Florence Cooper, George Francis Clifton Cooper and Dorothy Grace Cooper
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Service Number: 1425
Enlisted: 12 April 1915
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 11th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Bowden, South Australia, 21 February 1890
Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Meningitis, Illness, Heliopolis Hospital, Egypt, 20 December 1915, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Row D, Grave 229, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Son of Benjamin Cooper and Sarah Jane Cooper nee Singer of Bowden, SA

Husband of Grace Darling Cooper nee Worley of Gouger Street, Adelaide, SA. Francis and Grace were married on 7 May 1910 at the residence of Mr. Leak of Goodwood, SA. Father of Thelma Florence Cooper, George Francis Clifton Cooper and Dorothy Grace Cooper
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Gravesite Details

Trooper, Australian Light Horse. Age: Unknown.

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Grace Darling Worley Cooper

1888–1956 (m. 1910)

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Olive Merle Cooper Lord

1917–1975

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Maintained by: Cobber
Originally Created by: War Graves
Added: Aug 6, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56081541/francis-cooper: accessed ), memorial page for Trooper Francis Cooper (21 Feb 1890–20 Dec 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56081541, citing Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt; Maintained by Cobber (contributor 50072026).

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