Reuben James COOPER

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Service Number:	7701
Enlisted:	2 April 1917, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Minnivale, Dowerin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Nedlands, Western Australia, 9 September 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated with the ashes scattered at the Cemetery
Memorials:

2 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7701, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
29 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7701, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7701, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
2 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 11th battalion
20 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7701, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wounds to the head and left arm. Invalided to England on 25 April 1918
17 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7701, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of Stuart Alexander Cooper and Virginia Rose Cooper nee Marchetti of Upper Darling Range, WA

Next of kin given as his aunt Mary Ellen Barrett of Minnivale, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 3 September 1919 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on 17 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal