Wooster, Frank Couper
Person: id 4377
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USyd
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World War I
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Wooster
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Frank Couper
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F.C.
Gender
Male
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Survived WWI
Occupations
Wooster F.C. : Resident Medical Officer 1911 - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Wooster F.C. : Medical Officer 1912 - Parramatta Mental Hospital @ Parramatta Mental Hospital [ Parramatta Australia ]Wooster F.C. : Medical Superintendent 1914 - 1915 Rockhampton Base Hospital @ Rockhampton [ Qld Australia ]Wooster F.C. : Medical Superintendent 1919 - 1924 Rockhampton Base Hospital @ Rockhampton [ Qld Australia ]Wooster F.C. : Surgeon 1925 - Private Practice @ Rockhampton [ Qld Australia ]Wooster F.C. : Medical Officer 1931 - @ Rockhampton [ Qld Australia ]
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D.S.O., V.D., M.B., Ch.M., F.R.A.C.S. : Lieutenant-Colonel, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt and France. Enlisting 10th August, 1915, and sailing 9th November with 8th Australian Field Ambulance, crossed from Egypt to France in June and was at Fleurbaix, the Somme and elsewhere until 26th September, 1917, when transferred to No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen. Served as O.C. 13th A.F.Amb. from 12th June, 1918, until the breaking up of the ambulance and demobilisation. Promoted major, 14th November, 19 16; lieutenant-colonel, 12th June, 1918. Awarded D.S.O. 3rd June, 1919, and Mentioned in Despatches. A.M.F. : O.C. 11th A.F.Amb. 1921-27. Early education at Parramatta South Public School. Later one year in Arts.
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