Ernest Victor COOPER

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Service Number:	5991
Enlisted:	13 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1877
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5991, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW

22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5991, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5991, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5991, 1st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the forearm and elbow
5 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, In France
28 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 5991, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Husband of Ida Cooper nee Clark of Wellington Street, Rozelle, NSW. Ernest and Ida married during 1916c in Paddington, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal