Arthur Stanley COOPER

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Service Numbers:	718, 718C
Enlisted:	27 January 1917, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

27 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 718, 1st Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 718, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 718, 1st Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
31 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Machine Gun Company and allotted number 718C when taken on strength
18 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 718C, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the thigh fracturing the femur
30 Apr 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 718C, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Walter Cooper and Mary Elizabeth Cooper of 'Bolwarra', West Maitland, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 May 1919 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 28 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal