James Charles COOPER

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Service Number:	2786
Enlisted:	12 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Car Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated with a plaque in the Echuca, Victoria, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

12 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2786, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2786, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2786, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, From 38th Battalion
2 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 66th Battalion

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Son of James William Cooper and Ruth Cooper of High Street, Echuca, NSW

Husband of Ida Cooper nee Latchford of New Street, Armadale, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal