Ronald COOPER

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Service Number:	7962
Enlisted:	9 March 1917, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, 1897
Home Town:	Calder, North West Tasmania, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Calder Road Pictorial Honour Roll, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural

9 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7962, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 7962, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 7962, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
28 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7962, 12th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the back and elbow
20 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7962, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Service number on NAA site has his service number ar 79621 which could be due to the way the number 2 is written on the Attestation record cover

Son of Stephen Cooper and Martha Cooper of Calder, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 14 December 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal