Francis Rupert COOPER

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Service Number:	3750
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Kangaroo Flat, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Kangaroo Flat State School, Marist Brothers College Bendigo
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3750, 5th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3750, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3750, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3750, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Son of Charles Cooper and Christina Cooper of High Street, Kangaroo Flat, Victoria.

Brother of David Cooper who returned to Australia in May 1919 having served with the 5th Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal