Walter Ernest COOPER

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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
Memorials:

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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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

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