COOPER, Ernest Binion
(Service number 16074)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 7 February 1896 | Place of Birth | Ashburton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Tuturau, Matura | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | E. B. COOPER (father), P. O. Box 21, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 15th Reinforcements, Specialist Machine-Gun Section | ||
| Date | 26 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 November 1958 | Age | 62 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Ernest Binion Cooper, born on 7 February 1892 at Ashburton, was the son of Edward Binion and Sarah Elizabeth (née Evans) Cooper. He was educated at Temuka School, gaining a junior scholarship in 1908. E. B. Cooper, 16074, returned to New Zealand per the “Arawa” (Draft No. 244), reaching Lyttelton about 12 May 1919. Ernest married Dorothy Frisby in 1921.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 June 2020]; New Zealand Times, 29 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 May 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch) [02 June 2020]; Andersons Bay Cemetery headstone image & burial record (Dunedin City Council) [02 June 2020]
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