Eurongilly's Cooper family has history added to museum's archives

Declan Rurenga
Updated June 24 2016 - 8:54am, first published June 22 2016 - 12:39pm
HIS STORY: Cootamundra's Robert Crick presents Jack Cooper's military history to Jack's nephew Bruce and musuem treasurer Rob Rashleigh. Picture: Declan Rurenga
HIS STORY: Cootamundra's Robert Crick presents Jack Cooper's military history to Jack's nephew Bruce and musuem treasurer Rob Rashleigh. Picture: Declan Rurenga

It’s a long from Eurongilly to North Africa, but it’s where pilot Jack Cooper was last seen.  Mr Cooper enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1939 and went missing over north Africa in 1941. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service.

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Declan Rurenga

Declan Rurenga was the editor of Griffith's Area News and Leeton's Irrigator until September 2023. Before landing at the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, he reported news in Junee, Wagga Wagga, Orange and Cootamundra.