Herbert COOPER

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Service Number:	15105
Enlisted:	3 November 1915, Enlisted at Perth WA
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Garton, Yorkshire, England, 11 May 1890
Home Town:	Quairading, Quairading, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wood Clearer
Died:	Swanbourne, Western Australia, 3 November 1953, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section ZN, Grave 0071
Memorials:	Quairading War Memorial

3 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 15105, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Perth WA
4 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 15105, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 15105, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
1 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 10th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 15105, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on HS Ville de Leige on 14 October 1917
8 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 15105, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was Quairading, WA

Son of William Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper nee Petch of Garton-on-Wolds, Yorkshire, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 18 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Kathleen Cooper nee Mcrath of Perth, WA. Herbert and Kathleen married in York, WA during 1924c