John Hazelwood COOPER

Regimental number8/1438
AddressFeatherston
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hayden, c/o Post Office, Nelson
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 February 1915
The Otago Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 17 'Maunganui', HMNZT 18 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 19 'Aparima'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Frances Ellen Hayden (formerly Cooper), Waite Street, Featherston, Wellington, and the late James Cooper. Native of Tasmania
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Third