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Son of Walter and Agnes A. Cooper, of Burlington, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Letter from David to Anne, his youngest sister. Anne turned 11 years old shortly before David died.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Letter from David to Anne, his youngest sister. July 17, 1944. Page 2. Anne turned 11 years old shortly before David died.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Source: Hamilton Spectator November 11, 1944.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
On September 29 each year, as well as Remembrance Day,Christmas and David's birthday, James (Jim) Cooper and Josie Ventura attend to David's grave with flowers. Jim and Josie reside in nearby Old Coulsdon, Surrey and Jim is a cousin to David and David's brother Floyd.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Christmas 2007
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
David, along with the rest of the crew, was killed in an air accident over England near Dean Lane, Merstham, Surrey. In September 2002, James (Jim) Cooper, who Floyd had come across that same year through family history research, memorialized the tragic event by attaching flowers to a nearby tree. Jim has continued to affix flowers and crosses on each anniversay. This picture was taken on 29 September 2007. The sign on the bottom was an inquiry from an interested passerby.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
"Somewhere in England" - David (sitting) and RCAF crew mates - 1944
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
"Somewhere in England" - Opening a parcel from home - 1944
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
The telegram with its' devastating news.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Trafalgar Square - David with Pilot Officer Wm Bartlet (deceased) - 1944.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Last letter home dated September 24 1944, five days before his death.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Last letter home Page 2.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Member of the Burlington High School hockey team.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Central Public School Burlington Ontario 1925. David, age 10, is standing in the top row 4th from the left with his head facing left.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Age two. This picture was carried by his father while overseas during World War One.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Fish and game membership card.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Burlington High School Girl's and Boy's Athletic Society executive 1932. David, age 17, standing at right end.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
He loved to fish and hunt. Here he is shown with his father and sister Jessie. Standing next to David is his best mate's wife Alberta Haley.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
He loved to fish and hunt. The gentleman on the right is unidentified
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Home on leave with parents prior to embarkation. David's father, a veteran of the Boer War, (attestted at age 17)immigrated to Canada in 1913, and married in 1914. David was born on 10 April 1915. In June 1914 David's father joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was wounded in September 1918 at the Battle of Canal du Nord.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Graduated from No. 2 Air Observer School Edmonton Alberta in November 1943. David is standing in the second row, very left end.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Letter to kid brother Floyd, 15 years his junior, 17 July 1944.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Letter to kid brother Floyd.
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
Home on leave prior to embarkation - December 1943-January 1944.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
At bottom left to right are David's War (World War II) Medals:<P>
Defense Medal<BR>
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar<BR>
The War Medal<P>
At top is his Father's Queen's South Africa (Boer War) Medal with Five Bars<P>
Middle Left to Right are his Father's World War I Medals:<P>
Victory Medal<BR>
War Service Badge (Army Class "A")<BR>
British War Medal<BR>
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Flying Officer Walter David Dick Cooper
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Letter from David to Anne, his youngest sister. Anne turned 11 years old shortly before David died.
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Letter from David to Anne, his youngest sister. July 17, 1944. Page 2. Anne turned 11 years old shortly before David died.
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Source: Hamilton Spectator November 11, 1944.
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On September 29 each year, as well as Remembrance Day,Christmas and David's birthday, James (Jim) Cooper and Josie Ventura attend to David's grave with flowers. Jim and Josie reside in nearby Old Coulsdon, Surrey and Jim is a cousin to David and David's brother Floyd.
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Christmas 2007
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David, along with the rest of the crew, was killed in an air accident over England near Dean Lane, Merstham, Surrey. In September 2002, James (Jim) Cooper, who Floyd had come across that same year through family history research, memorialized the tragic event by attaching flowers to a nearby tree. Jim has continued to affix flowers and crosses on each anniversay. This picture was taken on 29 September 2007. The sign on the bottom was an inquiry from an interested passerby.
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"Somewhere in England" - David (sitting) and RCAF crew mates - 1944
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"Somewhere in England" - Opening a parcel from home - 1944
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The telegram with its' devastating news.
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Trafalgar Square - David with Pilot Officer Wm Bartlet (deceased) - 1944.
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Last letter home dated September 24 1944, five days before his death.
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Last letter home Page 2.
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Member of the Burlington High School hockey team.
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Central Public School Burlington Ontario 1925. David, age 10, is standing in the top row 4th from the left with his head facing left.
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Age two. This picture was carried by his father while overseas during World War One.
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Fish and game membership card.
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Burlington High School Girl's and Boy's Athletic Society executive 1932. David, age 17, standing at right end.
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He loved to fish and hunt. Here he is shown with his father and sister Jessie. Standing next to David is his best mate's wife Alberta Haley.
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He loved to fish and hunt. The gentleman on the right is unidentified
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Home on leave with parents prior to embarkation. David's father, a veteran of the Boer War, (attestted at age 17)immigrated to Canada in 1913, and married in 1914. David was born on 10 April 1915. In June 1914 David's father joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was wounded in September 1918 at the Battle of Canal du Nord.
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Graduated from No. 2 Air Observer School Edmonton Alberta in November 1943. David is standing in the second row, very left end.
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Letter to kid brother Floyd, 15 years his junior, 17 July 1944.
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Letter to kid brother Floyd.
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Home on leave prior to embarkation - December 1943-January 1944.
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At bottom left to right are David's War (World War II) Medals:<P> Defense Medal<BR> Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar<BR> The War Medal<P> At top is his Father's Queen's South Africa (Boer War) Medal with Five Bars<P> Middle Left to Right are his Father's World War I Medals:<P> Victory Medal<BR> War Service Badge (Army Class "A")<BR> British War Medal<BR>
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 279 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
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