John Cooper

1885-1941

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.4

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1498

About

Born in New Zealand

6 August 1885
Parent

Mother

S. Cooper
Residence

Hometown

Maaruawhenua
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 56

11 October 1941

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 97/0028160, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 6.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Cooper (1885-1941)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/154