Percy Cecil COOPER

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Service Number:	3787
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 29 October 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Robinson Lawn B, Row SS, Grave 34. Interred on 1 November 1967 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
6 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the head and shoulder
14 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military Unit as wounded. (Left shoulder)

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Son of Henry (Harry) William Cooper and Alice Elizabeth Cooper nee Vigurs of Buninyoung Street, Yarraville, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking on the 21 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1935c Percy married Annie Elen Klukosky in Victoria