Percy Harold COOPER

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Service Number:	1138
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Solomantown, Port Pirie, South Australia , 25 January 1892
Home Town:	Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling:	Solomontown Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Coronary occlusion, Naracoorte, South Australia, 2 June 1935, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Mitcham General Cemetery, South Australia Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1138, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1138, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Camel Corps, From16th Battalion
11 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
29 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Light Horse Regiment, From 1st Battalion
23 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1138, Discharged at the 4th Military District

Son of William John Cooper and Mary Cooper nee Roebuck of Solomtown, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 25 December 1918

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

On 25 November 1919 Percy married Freda Annie Slater in Chalmers Church, Adelaide, SA

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