Jack COOPER

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Service Number:	3035
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1892
Home Town:	Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 18 May 1975, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3035, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement 3035, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked 3035, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , From 55th Battalion
18 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
2 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 15 Field Artillery Brigade
9 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 25th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 25th Field Artillery Brigade and promoted to Gunner when taken on strength
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3035, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Severe gunshot wound to the leg. Invalided to England on 27 April 1918
31 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 3035, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Dixon Cooper and Florence Cooper of Nelson Street, Annandale, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard Takada disembarking on the 8 September 1919 at Melbourne for onwaard travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Mary Elizabeth Cooper nee Parker

Son of Robert Henry Cooper of High Road, South Streatham, London, England

Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on the 9 March 1919

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

On 23 December 1920 Jack married Winifred Kathleen Burns at St Bartholomews, Norwood, SA

When he died he was residing in the Norwood, SA area