William COOPER

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Service Number:	2874
Enlisted:	7 October 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

7 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2874, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2874, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
13 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 49th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 49th Battalion. In England
16 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From Machine Gun Companies and Battalions
17 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Second occasion
17 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of George Cooper and Mary Ann Cooper nee Molloy of Derby, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 27 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Address at the time of enlistment was Kippax Street, Surry Hills, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Edmond Cooper of Gibdon Street, Burnley, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 9 July 1919 aboard Prinz Ludwig disembarking on 8 September 1919

Medas: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal