Harry Cooper

Alias Harris

Born 1892

Place Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania

Ethnic origin Jewish

Religion Jewish

Father Jacob Cooper

Family

Wife Lena Cooper (née Heller), married in England in 1919

Arrived at Australia

Residence before enlistment Melbourne

Occupation Commercial traveller

Service
service number 3706
enlisted 5.07.1915
POE Melbourne
unit 7th Battalion, 3rd Battalion, Administrative HQ
rank Private
place Western Front, 1917-1918
casualties WIA 1918
final fate RTA 12.07.1919
discharged 21.09.1919 in London

Naturalisation Served as Russian subject

Residence after the war 1925 Johannesburg, South Africa

Materials

Digitised service records (NAA)

Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)

Blog articles

Russian Anzacs blog (Russian)

Russian Anzacs blog (English)

Early Lithuanians in Australia

Publications

Steve Murphy, 'Lithuanian ANZACs: Research Continues', Lithuanian Papers, vol. 27, 2013, pp. 10-13.