Percival COOPER

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Service Number:	2542
Enlisted:	6 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1879
Home Town:	Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 17 March 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 13
Memorials:

6 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2542, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2542, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2542, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2542, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the throat. Invalided to England on 5 November 1917
21 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2542, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of Joseph Cooper and Ellen Cooper nee Chambers of London, England

Husband of Marion Emily Cooper of Wynnum, QLD. Percival and Marion were married on 15 November 1911 in QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 15 April 1918 disembarking on 12 June 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal