Thomas Carl COOPER MID

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Service Number:	4162
Enlisted:	4 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brushgrove, Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Woodford, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 28 January 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Methodist area, New Section 1, Grave 724. Interred on 30 January 1959
Memorials:

4 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4162, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4162, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4162, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
20 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
3 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
4 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4162, 13th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England on 8 July 1918
8 Jul 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8830, position 58 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on, 30 October 1919, page 1654, position 56
12 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4162, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Aaron Cooper and Elizabeth E. Cooper of 'Anchor', Woodford, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 20 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal