Arthur Samuel COOPER

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Service Number:	39256
Enlisted:	2 April 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Field Artillery Brigade reinforcements
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Blackburn, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchadist
Died:	Parkdale, Victoria, Australia, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 2 October 1974 with the remains being scattered
Memorials:

2 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 39256, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Field Artillery Brigade reinforcements
22 Dec 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 39256, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 39256, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
21 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From Field Artillery Details
26 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
25 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 39256, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Holland Road, Blackburn, Victoria

Son of William Cooper and Kate Cooper nee Keys of Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard HT Friederichsruh disembarking on 1 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Arthur married Ellen Anne Spain in Victoria