Arthur Sydney COOPER

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Service Numbers:	5663 , 5663
Enlisted:	4 February 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawkhurst, England, 1887
Home Town:	Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Pialba, Queensland, Australia, 21 January 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Polson Cemetery, Qld Monumental area E, Lutheran section, Grave 47
Memorials:

4 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5663 , 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5663, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5663, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
18 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5663 , 15th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the face. Invalided to England on 21 September 1918
29 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5663 , 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Harry Fossett Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper nee Durrant of Hawkhurst, Kent, England

Next of kin given as his brother Harry Fossett Cooper of 'Sellings', Childers, QLD. Also brother of Benjamin Cooper and Bertha Cooper

Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on the 15 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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