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Walter James Cooper

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W. J. Cooper. Crown Studios Ltd : Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/2-205511-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22817416

W. J. Cooper. Crown Studios Ltd : Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/2-205511-F. Alexander Turnbull Librar …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter James AWMM
  • Surname
    Cooper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6099 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    13th July 1911 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Place of birth
    Kaitaia Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - Northern Advocate, 3 June 1941, Page 6
  • Birth notes
    Son of Charles Wallis & Eliza COOPER Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Post office, Kaingaroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs P.C.D. Cooper (wife), care of Mrs Barret, P.O. Box 1752, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • 1940 Walter James COOPER married Phyllis Charlotte Dorothy WALTON Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - NZ BDM Marriage records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6099 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag 383 (previously Oflag III-C), Hohenfels, Bavaria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 4445 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Phyllis C.D. Cooper died on 30 November 1989 aged 77 years.

      Listed as Sergeant at time of capture AWMM
    • Sergeant Walter J. Cooper (missing) is 30 years of age. He was born in Kaitaia and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cooper, reside at Kaingaroa, where Mr. Cooper, senior, was a school teacher from 1903 to 1906. Walter was a great footballer and represented Auckland province, and was a member of the New Zealand Maori team which toured Australia, He was included in many representative teams from North Auckland. In civil life he had been a service car driver and later owned and operated his own motor truck Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 April 2025 - Northern Advocate, 3 June 1941, Page 6
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Death

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  • Death
    7 November 1973 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maunu Cemetery, Cemetery Road off State Highway 14, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 41 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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