George Francis COOPER

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Service Number:	6306
Enlisted:	7 November 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironmoulder
Memorials:

7 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6306, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 6306, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 6306, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
19 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6306, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as injured having been struck by a motor car. Fractured tibia, fibula with the left leg and ankle crushed

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Husband of Ellen Mary Cooper nee Hayes of South Brisbane, QLD. George and Mary married in Octoberr 1897

Commenced return to Australia on 18 October 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on the 19 January 1918

Medal: British War Medal