Albert Edward COOPER

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Service Number:	1728
Enlisted:	12 December 1914, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Warracknabeal,Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Warracknabeal War Memorial

12 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1728, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1728, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1728, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne

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Son of George Cooper and Mary Cooper nee Whittle of Palace Hotel, Warracknabeal, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal