Alfred Lionel COOPER

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Service Number:	3047
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, LD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pittsworth, Queensland, Australia, 2 March 1896
Home Town:	Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds - to the thigh and compound fracture of the left leg, 12th General Hospital, Rouen, France, 16 August 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Plot B, Row 27, Grave 3. Headstone inscription reads: He died for us, St Sever Cemetery, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pittsworth Great War Honoured Dead

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, LD
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3047, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3047, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 25th Battalion
8 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 47th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh and compound fracture to the left leg
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3047, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3047 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Son of George Beckwith Cooper and Bertha Cooper nee Gager of 'Allico', Pittsworth, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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