Albert John COOPER

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Service Number:	1181
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Public
Died:	Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia, 7 December 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation held on 11 December 1972 and ashes interred in the Diosma area, Garden 1, Bed 38, Rose 03 and held in perpetuity for all time Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Kew War Memorial

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1181, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 1181, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 1181, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
31 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1181, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed
22 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1181, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Second occasion. Wound to the chest
23 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1181, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Henderson Cooper and Annie Cooper nee Phillips of Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 22 January 1919

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