Thomas COOPER

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Service Numbers:	5068 , 5068
Enlisted:	16 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Gloucester, England, 1882
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Rockhampton Hospital, Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 4 October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Methodist section, Row 18, Grave 1520
Memorials:

16 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5068 , 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5068, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5068, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 15th Battalion
25 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 47th Battalion
18 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5068 , 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the forearm
16 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5068 , 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to varicose veins

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Son of Charlotte Cooper of North Green Street, Hatwell, Bristol, England

Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 20 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal ,Victory Medal

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