Andrew Arthur COOPER

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Service Number:	5831
Enlisted:	23 March 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Swan, Western Australia, 8 June 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Midland Cemetery Anglican area, Section H, Grave 0045. Interment lease expired in 2006
Memorials:	Northam Memorial Hospital

23 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5831, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5831, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5831, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
29 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5831, 28th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left shoulder. Invalided to England on 31 August 1918
8 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5831, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Edward Edwin Cooper and Magaret E. Cooper of Junee, NSW

Husband of Margaret P. Cooper of Northam, WA. Andrew and Margaret married in WA during 1912c.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1918 aboard HT Thamari as wounded disembarking on 27 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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