Rupert William COOPER

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Service Number:	1211
Enlisted:	13 May 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hillston, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town:	Wyalong, Bland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	New South Wales, 23 September 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Roman Catholic, Plaque Lawn 3, Grave 1503
Memorials:	Hillston Memorial Park Gates, Wyalong Soldiers Memorial Hall

13 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1211, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 1211, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 1211, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
24 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, From Light Trench Mortar Batteried
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Reincourt and interred at Limburg, Germany
7 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1211, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District

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Son of Willliam Augustus Cooper and Annie Ellizabeth Cooper nee Doyle of 'Fortuna', Wyalong, NSW

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

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Rupert married Elizabeth E. Lees in West Wyalong, NSW