George Henry COOPER

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Service Number:	3131
Enlisted:	18 September 1916, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia , 3 July 1893
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Queenton StateSchool, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 April 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

18 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3131, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3131, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3131, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Son of Alfred Henry Cooper and Mary Agnes Cooper nee Clearly of Warburton Street, Townsville, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal