William Joseph COOPER

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Service Number:	511
Enlisted:	3 November 1914, Enlisted at Emerald, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Trangie, Narromine, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 22 July 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mareeba General Cemetery, Queensland Protestant section 3, Row Q, Grave 30
Memorials:

3 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 511, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Emerald, QLD
19 Dec 1914:	Involvement Driver, 511, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked Driver, 511, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney
28 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 511, 15th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 5th Light Horse Regiment
3 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 511, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Alfred Cooper and Mary Cooper nee Campbell of Trangie, NSW formerly of Cobar, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 4 December 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In January 1960 he was living at Henrietta Creek, near Innisfail, QLD

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