Samuel George COOPER

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Service Number:	3351
Enlisted:	24 April 1916, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1896
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 6 November 1967, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll

24 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3351, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
9 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 3351, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 3351, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
12 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3351, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Trachoma

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Son of Robert William Cooper and Rebecca Lindsay Cooper nee Lougheed of Mackay, QLD

Next of kin given as his sister Alice Wilson nee Cooper of Garget, Mackay, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin dsembarking on 17 August 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

On 19 March 1923 Samuel married Janet Caroline Plath in QLD