Samuel Ernest COOPER

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Service Number:	3043
Enlisted:	28 October 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Wallpool, England, 1895
Home Town:	Edmonton, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 8 July 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Section BMS, Row W6, Grave 9432
Memorials:

28 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3043, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3043, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3043, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
1 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 41st Battalion. Originally assigned to join 3rd Machine Gun Company but re-assigned to the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion prior to being taken on strength
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3043, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of William Cooper and Eliza Cooper nee James of Wallpool, Suffolk, England

On 24 February 1924 Samuel married Ellen Alice Margareta (also known as Margarita Alice Osterlund) in QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 12 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal