Ernest Alexander COOPER MM

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COOPER, Ernest Alexander

Service Number:	4304
Enlisted:	12 November 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tooboorac, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Woori Yallock, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Road Overseer
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, 25 August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden of Remembrance 3, Wall Niches, Section 2, Wall F, Niche 140 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

12 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4304, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4304, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4304, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4304, 24th Infantry Battalion
19 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4304, 24th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion
17 Jun 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: During the operation on Mount St. Qunetin near Peronne on 1 September 1918, this man acted as a Stretcher Bearer and displayed great fearlessness and devotion to duty. Undeterred by enemy Machine gun and shell fire which never slackened he attended to the wounded with bust little rest for 20 hours. Again and again he risked his life and did not cease work until the whole section was cleared of wounded. At Dompierre on 28 August his conduct was worthy of the highest praise. His Company was forced to temporarily withdraw from the Sugar Factory leaving casualties behind. Utterly regardless of his own safety, he went forward, dressed the wounded, and carried them back to safety through the heaviest machine gun fire London Gazette 17 June 1919, page 7694, position 92 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 October 1919, page 1496, position 106
13 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4304, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Peter Cooper and Martha Cooper nee Davies of Woori Yallock, Victoria. Brother of George James Cooper who returned to Australia on 5 April 1919 having served with the 2nd Field Company Engineers

Next of kin later given as Elsie Cooper of Gippsland, Victoria

Returned to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Rio Negro

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Ernest married Phoebe Leonara Bodycoat in Victoria

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