Wellington Cooper
Wellington Cooper was one of six young local men farewelled at the Jerseyville School of Arts Hall in October 1916 on their way to the front.
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Wellington gave his occupation as a fisherman and was the son of Mr and Mrs George Cooper of Spencers Creek.
He was killed at the battle of Passchendaele on 9 October 1917.
His parents paid for a marble tablet to be erected in his honour in the old St James Anglican Church at South West Rocks.
