George James COOPER

Regimental number31819
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, Henry Thomas Cooper, Paekakariki, Wellington
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 68 Maunganui on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 7 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row U, Grave No 19), Steenwerck, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Thomas and Lucy Cooper, Rongomai, Eketahuna, Wellington, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 31

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