John Vaughan COOPER

Regimental number30181
OccupationSurveyors assist
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Cooper, c/o F Thorpe, Madeira Road, Napier
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 19 January 1917
The Machine Gun Section left on two ships, 'Waitemata' and 'Ulimaroa', on 19 January 1917. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 4 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 22 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret L Cooper, Pahiatua. Native of Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 25

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