Walter Stanley COOPER

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COOPER, Walter Stanley

Service Numbers:	5678, SX24151, S6654
Enlisted:	14 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Tank Battalion
Born:	Wangolina, South Australia, 17 March 1897
Home Town:	Kingston South East, Kingston, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Glendalough, Western Australia, 7 September 1979, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Buried in Roman Catholic section. Grave 0386 Section FA
Memorials:	Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW1

World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5678, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5678, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5678, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
31 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded Private, 5678, 48th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
19 Oct 1917:	Wounded Private, 5678, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, 2nd occasion - GSW (neck)
29 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5678, 48th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

7 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, SX24151
7 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Private, SX24151, Balcombe, Victoria
8 Jul 1942:	Involvement S6654
8 Jul 1942:	Involvement SX24151
14 Nov 1943:	Discharged Staff Sergeant, SX24151, 2nd Tank Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Cooper and Margaret Cooper of Kingston, SA

Brother of Harold Cooper (born as Flavel) who died of wounds on 9 August 1918 having while serving with the 27th Battalion and was buried in the Adelaide Cemetery, Plot 111, Row M, Grave 4; Sydney Roy Cooper who died on wounds on 11 April 1917 while serving with the 48th Battalion and has no known grave

Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 15 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 8 November 1921 Walter married Eleanor Doris McDonough in St. Saviours Catholic Church, Brompton, SA

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