Lester Clifford COOPER

COOPER, Lester Clifford

Service Number: 2881
Enlisted: 25 July 1916, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town: Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: New South Wales, Australia , 24 April 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
Vaughan Lawn, Roman Catholic area, Row 34, Grave 0034
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World War 1 Service

25 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2881, 58th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
3 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 2881, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
3 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 2881, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
11 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion, From 58th Battalion
31 Jan 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2881, 30th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm. Evacuated to England on 25 February 1918
3 May 1921: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2881, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Ernest James Cooper and Alice A. Cooper of MacKellar's Paddock, Lithgow, NSW

Commenced return to Australa on 31 July 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 28 September 1918 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal