James Edwin COOPER

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Service Numbers:	1336, 1336A
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Moe, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Ouyen, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Glenroy, Victoria, Australia, November 1976, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremation service held on 30 November 1976. Ashes interred in the New Lawn Wall Niches, Wall S, Row 3, Niche 35
Memorials:

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1336, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1336, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1336, 8th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Melbourne
5 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment, From 8th Light Horse Regiment. Promoted to Trooper when taken on strength and letter A added to service number now 1336A
14 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Light Horse Regiment
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1336A, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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True name James Edwin Cooper but served at James Edward Cooper

Son of Edwin James Cooper and Annie Eleanor Cooper nee Ryder 'Alma Park', Linger, Ouyen, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia of 15 June 1919 aboard HT Essex disembarking on the 25 July 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c James married Florence Evelyn Burstall in Victoria