Pope Francis (Bob) COOPER MM

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Service Number:	537
Enlisted:	22 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Nelligen, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Griffith Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:

22 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 537, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 537, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
13 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 537, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
29 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Light Horse Regiment, From 12th Light Horse Regiment
15 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment
20 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Light Horse Regiment, From 6th Light Horse Regiment
3 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Light Horse Regiment
24 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Returning from instruction school
18 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From 12th Light Horse Regiment for instruction school
31 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Light Horse Regiment
23 Dec 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry during the fight at Semaich. London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8356, position 46 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1529, position 40
24 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 537, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Sometimes referred to as Patrick Francis Cooper

William Simpson Cooper and Ellen Cooper of Jarocan Avenue, Glebe, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 26 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthene disembarking on 2 March 1919

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