In memory of

Captain

William Robert Cooper

who died on 15 Jan 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Canadian Dental Corps
  Rank Captain
  Service number ------
  Date of death 19450115
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  Captain (Canadian Dental Corps) William Robert Cooper (b.1902) of Moose Jaw was KIA 19450115 when an enemy shell exploded on his mobile clinic at Russi, Italy. Cooper is buried at Ravenna war cemetery, Piangipane. He was the son of William Alexander and Mary (Ferguson) Cooper and left a wife Annie Mildred and two children, Joan and William III, all of Moose Jaw. William studied dentistry at the University of Toronto and practiced at Moose Jaw from 1925 until he enlisted at Regina in late 1941. His brother Fred also served with the Dental Corps overseas.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 161 - Moose Jaw
  Cemetery or memorial location Ravenna war cemetery, Piangipane, Italy    

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  Honour roll location(s) Moose Jaw
  Geo-memorial Cooper Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.9667°N / 102.7°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L15
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Jan Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19020226
  Place of birth Moose Jaw    
  Date of enlistment 19411201
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Moose Jaw    
  Occupation dentist
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