LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 Albert Ross COOPER
Service No: 81361
Born: Jamestown SA, 1 September 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 July 1942 (at Perth WA)
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Adelaide SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 3 September 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert Matthew and Katie Susannah Cooper, of Caron, Western Australia.
Roll of Honour: Caron WA
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
On 31 August 1942, Aircraftman Class 1 Cooper, a Trainee Group V, was admitted to No 101 Australian General Hospital suffering pneumonia following measles. He died on 3 September 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-line Record A705, 163/98/652