Douglas Hamilton COOPER

Regimental number54471
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs R H Cooper, 21 Rosina Terrace, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (First Draft), H Company (Part)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
H Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, left on two ships, HMNZT 89 'Waitemata' on 14 July 1917, and HMNZT 90 'Ulimaroa' on 26 July 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1918
Place of burialVillers Hill British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 32), Villers-Guislain, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs H R Cooper, Bell Block, Taranaki
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 20

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