Jack COOPER

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Service Number:	749
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Manager
Memorials:

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 749, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 749, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 749, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
15 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 749, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to being over age

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Bingleburra', Auburn Road, Chinchilla, QLD

Next of kin given as his cousin Austin Chapman of Commonwealth Offices, Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1917 aboard HT Beltana

Medal: British War Medal