James was a 24-year-old surveyor from Osborne Park when he enlisted on 16 June 1915. He sailed from Fremantle on board the HMAT Benalla with the 17th Reinforcements on 1 November 1915.
He was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 7 August 1916 and is buried at Serre Road Cemetery France.
James Wesley Brittain Cooper. City of Stirling Art and History Collection, accessed 25/05/2026, https://collections.stirling.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/12885
