George Benjamin COOPER

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Service Number:	7563
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 18 August 1928, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Southport General Cemetery, Gold Coast
Memorials:

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 7563, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 7563, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 7563, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney
20 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 7563, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Rheumatism. Rank had reverted to Gunner 0n 9 December 1916 at his own request

Son of Thomas Fergus Cooper and Catherine Frances Cooper nee Keightley of Redfern, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Thomas A. Cooper ot 'Petherton', Orange Street, Hurstville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 23 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney, NSW

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

Husband of Gladys Cooper nee Miles of Wenvoc Terrace, Barry, South Wales. George and Gladys were married in Weymouth on 20 January 1918