Walter George COOPER

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Service Number:	2388
Enlisted:	7 April 1916, Enlisted at the Sports Ground, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Messenger
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section, Services AIF, Panel, Site o43 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

7 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at the Sports Ground, NSW
30 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 54th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
29 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
30 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 56th Battalion
22 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion
21 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of George Cooper and Florence Edith Cooper of Illawarra Road, Marrickville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal