Harry COOPER

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Service Number:	7476
Enlisted:	30 September 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Machine Gun Companies and Battalions
Born:	Risdon, Tasmania, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Berriedale, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchadist
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 12 November 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens, Wall Q, Niche 25C. Interred on 14 November 1959 Commemorated with a plaque in the Hobart Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

30 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7476, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7476, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7476, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
13 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
20 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 40th Battalion
30 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7476, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of William George Cooper of Berriedale Road, Berriedale, Tasmania

Brother of Albert Henry Cooper who returned to Australia on 18 April 1919 having served with the 12th and 40th Battalions

Returned to Australia on 7 April 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal