Tasmanian War Casualties

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Cooper, Ronald Simmons

Bdr Ronald S Cooper, son of Capt and Mrs A. D. Cooper, of Gardenvale; Victoria, and formerly of Hobart, who was recovered in Japan after having been a prisoner for three and a half years, and was a passenger in an aircraft believed to have been lost on its homeward journey between Japan and Luzon on Sept. 10. A member of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment, AIF, he embarked for overseas in 1941, and fought in the Malayan campaign. He was educated at Hobart High School and Lansdowne Crescent and Princes St. schools. He was a playing member of the High School and South East Football teams, and of the Nomads Cricket Club. Prior to enlistment he was a member of the staff of J. Kitchen and Sons Pty. Ltd., Hobart. His eldest brother, Kevan, was killed in New Guinea in 1943. Another brother Eric, recently returned from Thailand where he was a prisoner of war.

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