Roland Arthur Cooper

Alias Ronald Arthur Cooper
Born 17.12.1897
Place Mariupol, Ukraine
Ethnic origin British
Religion Congregational
Father Richard Henry Cooper
Mother Lily Cooper (nee Edwards)
Family

Wife Eileen Emily Cooper (nee Moss), married 1932 Sydney

Residence before arrival at Australia Volsk, Saratov, Russia
Arrived at Australia from London
on 6.02.1909
per Everton Grange
disembarked at Sydney
Residence before enlistment Sydney
Occupation 1917 draughtsman, 1937 newsagent
Naturalisation Natural born British subject
Residence after the war Sydney
Died 25.08.1954, Sydney

Service #1

Service number 36598
Enlisted 15.02.1917
Place of enlistment Sydney
Unit 5th FAB
Rank Private, Gunner, Driver
Place Western Front, 1918-1919
Final fate RTA 22.06.1919
Discharged 31.08.1919

Materials

Digitised service records (NAA)

Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)

Family tree on Ancestry.com

Blog article

Russian

English

From Falling stars: The story of Anzacs from Ukraine:

Roland Arthur Cooper, a British man born in Ukraine who moved with his parents to Australia at the age of ten, was a teenager at the outbreak of the war. He served in the Militia in Sydney before his parents allowed him to enlist in the AIF in 1917, at nineteen.

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