George Begg COOPER

Regimental number9/1412
Address548 Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs John Cooper, Bannockburn, South Island
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion
FateDied of disease 8 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XLVII, Row C, Grave No 8), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary Cooper, Bannockburn, Otago, New Zealand
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh