WW1
COONEY, Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph Cooney was the son of James and Catherine Cooney and was born at the family home, Doontallie, 1121 Hoddle Street, East Melbourne 1886. He was the youngest of nine children. The others were: twins, Annetta and James (b.1871); Hugh Patrick (b,1874); Thomas (b.1876); Edward Augustus (b.1877); John Joseph (b.1879); Mary (b,1881) and Catherine Grace (b.1883).
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COOPER, Charl
Charles Cooper was aged 37 when he enlisted on 7 July, 1915. He was placed in the 8th Field Artillery Brigade at Broadmeadows and subsequently was moved to Maribynong to join the Australian Veterinary Section. He named as his next of kin his wife, Mrs. N.L. Cooper, whose address was 16 Brunswick St.
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COOPER, George Henry
George Henry Cooper was one of ten children of Jesse Cooper and his wife Kate, nee Haggarty. He was a carpenter by trade, living in Heidelberg when he enlisted on 31 August, 1916. He married his first wife, Ruby Mertle Davis in 1917, and it is her address at 101 George St., East Melbourne, which gives hi his claim on East Melbourne.
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COOPER, Leslie
Leslie Cooper was a hairdresser, possibly working at Thellier Hairdresser, Prahran, where he had done his apprenticeship. He was a month off his 29th birthday when he enlisted on 12 February, 1916, and at 6' 1" tall, must have seemed liked an ideal recruit. He gave as his next of kin his father, William Cooper, who lived at Hethersett Grove, Murrumbeena.
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CORCORAN, George John
George John Corcoran was born in Port Melboune in 1886. His father George was a Civil Engineer. At the time of his enlistment on 21 October, 1914, his next of kin is his aunt Lucy Johnson who was living at Victora Parade, East Melbourne. Aged 28, George was single and occupation listed as an Ironworker.
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CORDNER, Joseph Alan
Joseph Alan Cordner was born at Bridgewater on the Loddon River in May 1890. His father Isiah Joseph Cordner and mother Jessie Walker moved regularly as Isiah was a bank Manager with the National Bank of Australasia. Isiah was living at Colermine and is listed as a bank Manager in the 1903 electoral roll.
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CORRIGAN, Noel Aubrey
Noel Aubrey Corrigan was one of five children of Joseph and Catherine or Kathleen Corrigan, nee Finlayson. He was probably the youngest brother, with Signa Daphne, b.1887, Joseph, b. 1890, Thomas Norman and one other. He was no doubt eager to enlist to go to war. He joined up on 12 April, 1915, and was in camp at Broadmeadows with the No. 4 Company on 20 April.
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CORRIGAN, Thomas Norman
Although born in East Melbourne in 1892, Thomas Norman Corrigan had little contact with the suburb. When he enlisted, aged 22, on 27 January, 1915, he was living at 25 Ford St., Brunswick and working as a tea packer. He joined the 21st Battalion, raised at Broadmeadows in early February, 1915, and drawn from all over Victoria.
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COTTERILL, William
William Cotterill is a slippery character and his relationship to East Melbourne is tenuous. He first enlisted for the First World War at Liverpool NSW on 25 November, 1915. He was then 42 years' old and was dscribed as 5'6" tall with tattoos on both forearms and chest.
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COUGHLAN, Talouchlan
Talouchlan [ Thomas] was born in Sydney in1894
He enlisted on the 15 December 1914 at Echuca Victoria. He is 20 years old labourer. A small man 5'3'' and weighing on 8stone 4 lbs. He is the only son of Annie Coughlan who is living at 480 Albert Street East Melbourne.
He embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Runic on the 12 Feb 1915
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