Charles COOPER

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Service Number:	3086
Enlisted:	10 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Middleton, England, 1883
Home Town:	Ormond, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Memorials:

10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3086, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 3086, 5th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 3086, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
13 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion
22 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 57th Battalion and promoted to Corporal when taken on strength
28 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion and with the rank of temporary Sergeant
15 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, 3086, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded; loss of an eye

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Residential address at the time of enlistment was 'Belmont', Wheatley Grove, Ormond, Victoria

Husband of Nellie Cooper of 196 Rochdale Road, Middleton, Lancashire, England

Commenced return to Australia on 28 December 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 13 February 1918

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