Cecil COOPER

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Service Number:	1537
Enlisted:	8 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Frances, South Australia, 18 May 1898
Home Town:	Frances, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Memorials:	Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1

8 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1537, 6th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
23 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1537, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
27 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 2nd Light Horse Regiment
1 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
9 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 25th Howitzer Brigade
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1537, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Remained on duty
19 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1537, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to abscess on the ankle
Date unknown:	Wounded 1537, 6th Light Horse Regiment

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Address at time of enlistment was People's Palace, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW

Son of William Sebastian Cooper and Mary Matilda Cooper nee O'Shaunnessey of Frances, SA

On 15 February 1917 he suffered a broken jaw after being kicked in the face by a mule

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on the 22 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal