Walter Victor COOPER

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Service Number:	6821
Enlisted:	26 June 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	New Town, Tasmania, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Glenorchy, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia, May 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Church of England area, Row AR, Grave/Niche 166 Interred on 16 May 1950
Memorials:

26 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6821, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6821, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6821, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
7 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6821, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Husband of Lena Pearl Cooper of Glenorchy, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 20 June 1919 aboard Konig Freiderick August disembarking on 6 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal