Frank Edward COOPER

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Service Numbers:	718, 718A
Enlisted:	20 February 1917, Enlisted at Richmond, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Glass Beveller
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1986, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

20 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 718, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Richmond, Victoria
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 718, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 718, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
24 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Machine Gun Company
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 718A, 7th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder. Letter A added to his service number when taken on strength with the 7th Battalion
15 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 718A, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward Cooper and Caroline Sarah Cooper nee Barnett of 'Somerset', Cameron Street, Richmond, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 23 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1937 he was residing at Spring Street, Waverley, NSW