Eric Cowley COOPER

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Service Number:	3352
Enlisted:	18 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, September 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Catholic area, M2, Row 8, Grave 2559. Interred on 12 September 1940
Memorials:	Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3352, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3352, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 18th Battalion
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the scalp. Transferred to England on 27 July 1918
14 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. wounds to the shoulder and knee
5 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to hear issues

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Son of Albert Cowley Cooper and Nellie Louisa Cooper of Pitt Street, Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 13 Febuary 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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