Stewart King COOPER

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Service Number:	2609
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cowley's Creek, Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Row M, Grave 494. Interred on 6 December 1935
Memorials:

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2609, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2609, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2609, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
8 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2609, 46th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left arm resulting in amputation below the elbow. Invalided to England on 27 July 1918
2 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2609, 46th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Son of David Cooper and Catherine Cooper nee Ross of Camperdown, Victoria

Served a four year apprenticeship with S.W. Scott of Camperdown, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 15 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1933c Stewart married Alison Edith Christie in Victoria