John COOPER

COOPER, John

Service Number: 807
Enlisted: 28 March 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
Born: Evandale, Tasmania, Australia, 1881
Home Town: Ringarooma, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Tasmania, Australia, 17 March 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
Monumental section B10, Grave 130. Interred on 18 March 1960
Memorials: Deloraine War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

28 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 807, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 807, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 807, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
1 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 40th Battalion
5 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 807, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to Tuberculosis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Rebecca Jane Cooper of Ringarooma, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 6 May 1919 aboard HS Karoola 24 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal