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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
22985
Age:
28
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1890
Enlistment:
Fernie, British Columbia
Death:
September 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Jack and Emma Fern, of 2, St. John's Terrace, North Rd., Harborne, Birmingham, England.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Cooper
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 669 of 818. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Corporal William Cooper
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Cooper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 389 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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