George COOPER MC, MID

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	16 October 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1881
Home Town:	Forest, Circular Head, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Memorials:

16 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion
16 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
7 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 14th Infantry Battalion
14 Jan 1916:	Honoured Military Cross, ondon Gazette on 14 January 1916, page 590, position 4 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 April 1916, page 860, position 14
6 Apr 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 28 January 1916, page 1209, position 29 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 April 1916, page 862, position 76

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Husband of M. Cooper of Forest, Tasmania.

Returned to Australia on 7 November 1915

Medals: Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medla