Harry COOPER

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Service Number:	1793
Enlisted:	12 June 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

12 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1793, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1793, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1793, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
17 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1793, 26th Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1793, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of Harry W. Cooper and Margaret Jane Kenny Cooper nee Bliss of Cain Street, Hobart North, Tasmania

Had previously served in the Naval Cadets

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard HT Trasos Montes disembarking on 20 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

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