William Henry COOPER

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Service Number:	420
Enlisted:	8 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Lawson, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Lawson, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW South West Terrace, Wall 124
Memorials:

8 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 420, 14th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 420, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 420, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
13 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company, From 14th Machine Gun Company
6 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 3rd Machine Gun Company
9 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 420, 5th Machine Gun Company, Head and neck wounds
9 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 5th Machine Gun Company ex wounded
29 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 420, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Richard Cross Cooper and Elizabeth Alice Cooper of Inverell, NSW

Husband of Evelyn Olive R. Cooper nee Knight of Lawson, NSW. William and Evelyn married during 1916c in Springwood, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Main disembarking on 15 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal