John Herbert COOPER

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Service Number:	1887
Enlisted:	5 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tuffnell Paark, London, England, 1889
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	College, Suffolk, England
Occupation:	Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

5 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1887, 46th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1887, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1887, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 22 years. Address at the time of enlistment was Saracen's Head Hotel, Burke Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Son of John Cooper and Harriet Cooper of Lyham Road, Brixton, England formerly of Bedford Road, Clapham, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal