George Francis COOPER

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Service Numbers:	1015 , 1015
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, Enlisted at Cunnamulla, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 27 January 1895
Home Town:	Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Memorials:

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1015 , 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Cunnamulla, QLD
2 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1015, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1015, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane
18 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Light Horse Regiment, From 2nd Light Horse Regiemnt
21 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From 1st Light Horse Regiment
24 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1015 , 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Charlotte Vale, Coongoola, QLD

Son of George Cooper and Minnie Cooper nee Grayson of Mitchell, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 15 February 1918 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 20 March 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During January 1920 George married Amelia Grayson in QLD