Alfred Ernest COOPER

COOPER, Alfred Ernest

Service Number: 531
Enlisted: 1 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Wheeler Sergeant
Last Unit: Siege Artillery Brigade
Born: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1875
Home Town: Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
Wall of Memory, Old AIF Services area, Row C, Niche 0006
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World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 531, Siege Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
10 Nov 1915: Involvement Gunner, 531, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915: Embarked Gunner, 531, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
1 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Wheeler Sergeant, 531, Siege Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry Shalles Cooper and Annie Jane Cooper of Sydney, NSW

Husband of Annie Anwyl Cooper of 'Hazeldeen', Kogarah Road, Kogarah, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 aboard HT Somerset disembarking on 16 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal