Albert COOPER

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Service Numbers:	676 , 676
Enlisted:	29 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wardell, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Wardell, Ballina, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

29 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 676 , 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 676, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 676, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
22 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 676 , 44th Infantry Battalion, Accidental gunshot wound to the left hand. Invalided to England on 27 August 1918
2 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 676 , 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded

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At the time of enlistment he was working in WA

Son of Charles Cooper and Harriet A. Cooper of Wardell, Richmond River, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 18 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal