John COOPER

Regimental number8/1721
Addressc/o John Mill, Outram
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Cooper, c/o M A McGuorguodale, Waikaka Valley, Otago
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1915
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 15), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Jesse and Mary Ann Cooper, Waikahuna Gulley
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fourth