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COOPER, George Thomas Roy
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1871, V144213 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 21 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Swifts Creek, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horseman |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 16 December 1976, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dawson River Cemetery, New South Wales Lawn area, Row D, Grave 284 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1871, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1871, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1871, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 30 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1871, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the right leg. | |
| 6 Oct 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1871, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Dec 1941: | Enlisted V144213 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Cooper and Madeline McTavish Cooper nee Fraser of Swifts Creek, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 29 July 1915 aboard HT Hororata disembarking on 25 August 1915 as wounded (compound fracture of the right leg)
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1917c George married Elsie Neill in Victoria