Ernest COOPER

Regimental number10/1448
Date of birth25 April 1890
Place of birthNew Whittington, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBoundary Road, Mosstown, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height6' 2"
Weight157 lbs
Next of kinFather, J P Cooper, 99 Handley Road, New Whittington near Chesterfield, England
Previous military serviceMember of the Wanganui Defence Rifle Club at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date20 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Mermorial (Panel 19), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Fanny Cooper, Sandwich, Vancouver Islands, British Columbia, Canada
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported missing in action, 8 August 1915; Court of Enquiry, 24 January 1916, determined fate to be killed in action.

War service: 207 days (of which 146days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsWellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21897187