Frank COOPER

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Service Number:	3070
Enlisted:	17 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Hawksburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 24 June 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 27 June 1974 and ashes were scattered
Memorials:

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3070, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement 3070, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked 3070, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Batalion. Had been acting Corporal
27 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion, Had previously been acting Corporal
2 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion
13 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion, In the field
19 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3070, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to mycardioitis

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Son of Francis Henry Cooper and Annie Cooper nee Judkins of Vaughan Street, Shepparton, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 15 April 1918 aboard HT Marathon

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Mary Margaret Cooper of Hawksburn Road, Hawksburn, Victoria formally of Winter Well Road, Britony, England