COOPER, Stanley
| Service Number: | 789 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Railway Operating Company |
| Born: | Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Alphington, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer's Blacksmith |
| Died: | Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia, 1 September 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 789, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 789, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 789, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 15 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion | |
| 13 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, In the field | |
| 29 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 789, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Lennox Street, Richmond
Son of David Cooper and Agnes Ellen Cooper nee Widdy of Ross Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Formerly of Ballarat
Commenced return to Australia on 24 June 1916 disembarking on 22 July 1916
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Henry Cooper and Charlotte Elizabeth Cooper nee Reitman of Grange Road, Alphington, Victoria
Seerved at three apprenticeship with Davis & Sons of Church Street, Richmond, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orita disembarking on 6 August 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal