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John Francis Cooper

1893-1971

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37538

About

Born in New Zealand

8 December 1893
Parents

Mother

Margaret Cooper

Father

William Augustus Cooper
Residence

Hometown

Blackball
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Blackball Coal Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Catherine Cooper

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 77

27 November 1971

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 97/0028163, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 35.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Francis Cooper (1893-1971)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/155

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