Studio portrait of 22105 Corporal William Stanley Cooper. An accountant of Albert Park, Victoria, ...

Accession Number P05835.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made c 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 22105 Corporal William Stanley Cooper. An accountant of Albert Park, Victoria, he embarked with the 108th Battery, 23rd Howitzer Brigade, on HMAT Medic (A7) on 20 May 1916. He later served with the 107th Howitzer Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, and was later promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On 22 September 1917 he died of wounds received at the Battle of Passchendaele. He was aged 29 years.