James Brown COOPER

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Service Numbers:	6785, 6785A
Enlisted:	6 July 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1874
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 30 August 1944, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area, Row W. Grave 45
Memorials:

6 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6785, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 6785A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 6785A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
25 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6785A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to septic poisoning on the knee

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Son of Thomas Charles Napier Cooper and Marianne Cooper nee Brown of Toorak, Victoria

Husband of Mary Agnes Zellah Cooper nee Heames of Learmouth Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria. James and Mary married during 1899c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on the 10 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal