Walter Ernest COOPER

COOPER, Walter Ernest

Service Number: 1855
Enlisted: 10 September 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Greenwich, England, 1894
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Queensland, Australia, 18 November 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1855, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
22 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 1855, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
22 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 1855, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boonah, Sydney
16 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Light Horse Training Reserve Regiment
21 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Field Artillery Brigade
4 May 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1855, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharge 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Tachycardia.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Cooper and Esther Cooper of Conley  Street, Greenwich, England

Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 28 March 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal