Bert COOPER

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Service Number:	3220
Enlisted:	29 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	1 January 1925, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

29 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 3220, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 3220, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide
20 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty
13 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
11 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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On enlistment he gave his address as GPO, Adelaide, SA and didn't give his next of kin. After the war he appears to have fallen on very hard times.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 May 1919 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 18 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal