James Henry COOPER

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Service Number:	18855
Enlisted:	13 December 1915
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Stourbridge, England, 1892
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grass Cutter
Memorials:

13 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 18855, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at The Warren, NSW
13 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 18855, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 18855, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 18855, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
14 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, In France
11 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 18855, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to a hand injury(accidental)

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Myola', Athol Street, Leichhardt, NSW

Next of kin given as his cousin Edith Ward of 'Ingledene', Bay Street, Croydon, NSW

Recommenced for the Congratulatory Card on 3 February 1919

Commenced return to Australia on 29 May 1919 aboard HT Rio Negro disembarkking on the 25 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal