Richard Henry COOPER

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Service Number:	279
Enlisted:	20 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	First Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit:	No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Died:	Dromana, Victoria, March 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 29 March 1969 and the ashes were collected
Memorials:	Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Kew War Memorial

20 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
16 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
1 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
1 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, 279, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Cooper and Annie Cooper nee Phillips of Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 4 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 17 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal