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COOPER, Ernest George Edmund
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2406 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hammer Press Driver |
| Died: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 12 August 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Harcourt General Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2406, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2406, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2406, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 30 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 39th Battalion | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Promoted to Lance Corporal and Corporal o the same day | |
| 29 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2406, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Severe wound to the right leg and invalided to England from Rouen on 31 August 1918 | |
| 7 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2406, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Cooper and Elizabeth Ann Cooper nee Casle of Field Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Commenced return to Austrlai 11 May 1919 disembarking on 28 June 1919 aboard HT Zealandia
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Ernest married Ethel Mary Edward in Victoria
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