Frank COOPER

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Service Numbers:	89, 1214
Enlisted:	12 August 1914, Tropical Corps. Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Clifton, England, 1876
Home Town:	Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Balmain, New South Wales, 5 September 1925, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican area, Grave 0856
Memorials:	Sutherland Memorial School of Arts Honour Roll, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall

12 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 89, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Tropical Corps. Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 89, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 89, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
4 Mar 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 89, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Tropical unit. Discharged at the 2nd Military District
1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1214, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1214, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1214, Camel Corps, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
16 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From Camel Corps re-inforcements
25 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1214, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Arthur Cooper and Sarah A. Cooper of Clifton, England

Husband of Minnie Cooper of Menai, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 12 November 1917

Returned to Australia aboard HT Wiltshire

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