On 7 May 1867 at the island of Little Andaman, eastern India, in the Bay of Bengal, Private Cooper was one of a party of five ( David Bell, Campbell Mellis Douglas, William Griffiths, Thomas Murphy ) of 2 / 24th Regiment.
On 7 May 1867 at the island of Little Andaman, eastern India, in the Bay of Bengal, Private Murphy was one of a party of five ( David Bell, James Cooper, Campbell Mellis Douglas and William Griffiths ) of the 2 / 24th Regiment, who risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dangerous surf to rescue some of their comrades who had been sent to the island to find out the fate of the commander and seven of the crew, who had landed from the ship Assam Valley and were feared murdered by the cannibalistic islanders.
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