Francis COOPER

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Service Numbers:	20731 , 20731
Enlisted:	31 July 1917, Enlisted at East Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Born:	Leicester, England, 1874
Home Town:	Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Master Bootmaker
Died:	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Cremated and the ashes were scattered Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

31 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20731 , Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at East Sydney, NSW
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 20731, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 20731, Field Company Engineers, SS Canberra, Sydney
19 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 10th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers
26 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, From 10th Field Company Engineers
17 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), From 40th Battalion
21 Oct 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 20731 , Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John Cooper and Sarah Cooper of Leicester, England

Served his bootmaking apprenticeship with Walker, Kempson & Shearers of Leicestshire, England

Husband of Elizabeth Cooper nee Mealing of Carrington Street, Bexley, NSW. Francis and Elizabeth married during 1913c in Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 29 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal