William Arthur COOPER

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Service Number:	2596
Enlisted:	25 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kettering, England, 1896
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Memorials:

25 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2596, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2596, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2596, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2596, 6th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the hand and left leg. Invalided to England from Calais on 25 July 1916 aboard HS Newhaven
16 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2596, 6th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the elbow
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2596, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Bomb wound to the right thigh. Invalided to England on 27 August 1918
29 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2596, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bomb wound to right thigh

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Son of A. Asquith of Eve Road, Bruce Grove, South Tottenham, England

Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 2 March 1919

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

In 1925 he was residing in Edith Street, Preston, Victoria