Harry Cooper BYATT

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Service Number:	27
Enlisted:	2 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Wheeler Sergeant
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheelwright
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 21 November 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area L, Grave 1716. Interred on 22 November 1929 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

2 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 27, Siege Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 27, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 27, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
16 Mar 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 27, Siege Artillery Brigade, Wound to the left knee, right arm and trench feet. Invalided to England on 15 May 1916 aboard HS Newhaven
28 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Wheeler Sergeant, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, At Rouells. Promoted When taken on strength
2 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Wheeler Sergeant, 27, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Victoria.

Son of Richard Pierce Byatt and Esther Gill Byatt nee Clarkson of Clifton Street, Prahran, Victoria

Previously served with the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on the 8 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Harry married Dorothy Evelyn Maddock in Victoria