Walter Sydney COOPER MM

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COOPER, Walter Sydney

Service Numbers:	358 , 358
Enlisted:	30 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Field Ambulance
Born:	Everton, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Benalla, Benalla, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Banksia area, Wall D, Niche 03. Cremation service held on 5 August 1970
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World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 358 , 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 358, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 358, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Field Ambulance, From 21st Battalion
22 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 358 , 6th Field Ambulance, Wound to the thigh
11 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Company Engineers, From 6th Field Ambulance
6 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7th Field Company Engineers
18 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 21st Infantry Battalion, From 7th Field Company Engineers. Rank reverted to Private when taken on strength
25 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion
6 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion
13 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
21 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, On 5th October 1918 he showed gallantry and devotion to duty while dressing and attending the wounded for twelve hours under continuous and heavy shellfire at Montbrehain, east of Peronne London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8356, position 47 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 17 October 1919, page 1530, position 59
5 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Field Ambulance, From 24th Battalion
17 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 358 , 6th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert William Cooper and Mary Ann Cooper nee Monigle of Benalla, Victoria

Husband of Margaretta Maria Cooper nee Tomey of Maysoule Road, Battersea, England. Walter and Margaretta married on 12 September 1917 in the Wandsworth REgistry Office, England. W.G. Finhorn officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 19 June 1919 aboard Windhuk disembarking on the 18 August 1919

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

In 1934 he was working as a Warder at the Bendigo Gaol, Victoria. In 1967 he was residing in Morseby Avenue, Seaford, Victoria

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