George Begg Cooper

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 5 December 1887, Bannockburn, Central Otago, New Zealand
  • Died 8 December 1918 in action, France
  • Killed In Action 8 December 1918 in action, France
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 9/1412
  • Served In New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles
  • Next of Kin Mrs John Cooper (Mary), Bannockburn, Central Otago
  • Pre-war occupation Miner, Blackhall Coal Company
  • ReligionPresbyterian
  • Enlisted23 August 1915, Otago
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM, Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo, departed 9 October 1915, Wellington, disembarked Suez, Egypt, 30 November 1915
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian 1915-1916, Egyptian E.F. 1916 and Western European 1916-1917-1918
  • BuriedEtaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave reference: XLVII. C. 8.
  • RememberedBannockburn Memorial Gates, the Domain, Bannockburn, Otago
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Medals sent to Mrs M. Cooper, Bannockburn, Central Otago.

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