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COOPER, Harry John
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3070, 3070A |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW. Originally destined to join the 20th Battalion but change on the day of enlistment and an 'A' added to his service number |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 27 February 1882 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3070, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW. Originally destined to join the 20th Battalion but change on the day of enlistment and an 'A' added to his service number | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3070, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3070, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 10 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3070A, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3070A, 56th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3070A, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion | |
| 21 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3070A, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due synovitis of the left knee |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Smith Cooper and Jane Cooper of Denison Street, Newtown, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 3 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal