Alfred John COOPER

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Service Number:	236
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tingha Cemetery New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 236, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 236, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 236, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
6 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 236, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to both legs
23 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Infantry Battalion, In France
22 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 236, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Alfred William Cooper and Ann Cooper nee Petersham of Wilson Street, Newtown, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 23 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

Post war he was employed at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

In July 1935 Alfred was residing in Sherbrook Road, Asquith, NSW