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Private Wellington Cooper Memorial Tablet

Private Wellington Cooper Memorial Tablet
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South West Rocks Anglican Church Memorial Tablet
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Description / Background

The marble memorial tablet dedicated to the memory of Private Wellington Cooper was unveiled by the Lord Bishop of Grafton in the South West Rocks Anglican Church on Tuesday 5 November 1918. A single farmer of Jerseyville, Macleay River, Cooper enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 22 September 1916, aged 27 years. His unit, the 33rd Battalion, embarked from Sydney on board SS Port Napier on 17 November 1916. He was killed in action on 12 October 1917 at Passchendaele, Ypres in Belgium.

During renovations in the 1960s, the tablet was removed and sent to the tip. It was recovered and given to the Cooper family who donated it to the Kempsey Museum.

Inscription

To the glory of God & In Loving Memory

of

Pte WELLINGTON COOPER

No. 2541 33rd BATT. A.I.F.

Who Gave His Life For King And Empire At The

Battle Of Passchendaele October 12th 1917

Aged 27 Years

Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That A Man

Lay Down His Life For His Friends. John XV 13.

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Address
62 Lachlan Street
Kempsey Museum
South Kempsey NSW 2440
Local Government Area
Kempsey Shire
Setting
Building – inside
Location status
Moved/altered
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Graham Wilson OAM
Year of construction
1918
Dedication date
05 November 1918
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18