Alan Stuart COOPER

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Service Number:	38
Enlisted:	3 March 1915, Enlisted at Northam, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Colombo, Ceylon, 1888
Home Town:	Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Schooling:	Highgate School, West London, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	Courcelette British Cemetery Plot 11, Row D, Grave 14. Headstone inscription reads: What I do thou knowest not now thou shalt know hereafter John X111.7, Courcelette British Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Memorial of Honour, Bruce Rock War Memorial

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 38, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Northam, WA
24 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion
12 Jul 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 38, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
12 Jul 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 38, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
1 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 38, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 38 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-29

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Arrived in Australia aged 22 years

Son of William James Cooper and Helen M. Cooper of Madina Terrace, Babbacomb, Toruay, Devon, England formerly of Ceylon

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