Frank Wormald COOPER

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Service Number:	29670
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Shoeing-Smith Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hartlepool, England, 1886
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area B, Grave 707. Burial service held on 3 June 1955
Memorials:

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 29670, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Oct 1916:	Involvement 29670, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
3 Oct 1916:	Embarked 29670, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
11 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 116th to 120 Howitzer Batteries re-inforcements
14 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
14 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 29670, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Multiple wounds. Invalided to England aboard HS Princess Elizabeth on 20 April 1917
15 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 29670, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to hernia

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Son of Samuel Cooper and Margaret Cooper nee Flynn of Hartlepool, England

Husband of Florence K. Cooper of Bellair Street, Kensington, Victoria formerly of Knox Street, Yarraville, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 11 October 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal