Mervyn COOPER

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Service Number:	20481
Enlisted:	1 June 1917, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	7th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shipwright
Died:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1 January 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wall 3, Niche 0066
Memorials:

1 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20481, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 20481, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 20481, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
9 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 7th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers
4 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20481, 7th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of George Cooper and Emily Cooper nee Chamberlain of the Boats Sheds, Claremont, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney diembarking on 4 November 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Mervyn married Doris M. Osborn in Perth, WA. At the time of death he was residing in Applecross, WA