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Mar 17, 1886
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Born in Dumfriesshire,
Scotland to James and Janet McKenzie (nee Dempster) Cooper
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Mar 26, 1910
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Embarked the SS Cassandra in
Glasgow, Scotland with his parents and 3 siblings
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Apr 5, 1910
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Disembarked in Saint John, New
Brunswick
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Nov 5, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59197
(temporary number 280)
Ø Next of kin given
as James Cooper, father, Stanley, New Brunswick
Ø Previous occupation
given as Labourer
Ø No previous
military experience given
Ø Religion given as
Presbyterian
Ø Posted to “C”
Company
o This was later
reorganized into “B” Company
The battalion trained in the
Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Nov 14, 1915
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Proceeded on the Bombing
Course
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Nov 21, 1915
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Rejoined the 21st
Battalion from course
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Jun 1, 1916
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Attached to the 2nd
Division Headquarters to be employed in Traffic Control
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Nov 5, 1916
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Awarded the Good Conduct Badge
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Jun 5, 1917
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Struck off the effective
strength of the 21st Battalion but retained on the Nominal Roll of
the battalion on being permanently attached to the 2nd Division
Headquarters Traffic Control
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Oct 11, 1918
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Received an accidental blow to
his head causing a large cut and a concussion
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Oct 12, 1918
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Admitted to the No. 14 General
Hospital with an accidental laceration to his head.
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Oct 15, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Pieter de Coninck
On arrival in England he was
admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital in Millbank. On admission he was noted as seeming to be
drowsy and suffering from headaches
Ceased to be attached to the 2nd
Division Headquarters and transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental
Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Nov 4, 1918
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Transferred to the Bearwood
Park Convalescent Hospital
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Nov 28, 1918
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Attached to the No. 1 CCD
(Canadian Convalescent Depot)
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Dec 31, 1918
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Transferred to the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Jan 6, 1919
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Attached to Military District
No. 7 Wing, Kinmel Park pending return to Canada
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Jan 18, 1919
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Embarked the SS Aquitania in
Liverpool
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Jan 24, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
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Feb 18, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Stanley, New Brunswick
Following his discharge, the
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 282
Ferguson Ave. N., Hamilton, Ontario
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Aug 19, 1929
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Married to Eveline Garton
Spavin in Toronto, Ontario
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Jan 7, 1962
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David Dempster Cooper died and
was buried in the York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
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