Edward COOPER

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Service Number:	3363
Enlisted:	9 January 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dieppe, France, 1875
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mining Propector
Memorials:

9 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3363, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3363, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3363, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
25 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3363, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left thigh. Transported to England on 6 October 1918
4 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3363, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was Gilbert Street, Manly, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother James Cooper of George Street, Hove, Sussex, England

Commenced return to Australia on 10 January 1918 aboard HT Corinthic as wounded disembarking on the 7 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal