Thomas COOPER

COOPER, Thomas

Service Numbers: 4163, 3293, 4163A
Enlisted: 5 August 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Ashton On Ure, England, 1876
Home Town: Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Seaman
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World War 1 Service

5 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 13th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3293, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
12 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3293, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
14 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion
22 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4163A, 2nd Infantry Battalion
13 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4163A, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Jane Hannah Cooper of Kembla Street, Wollongong, NSW later of Coomber Street, Wollongong, NSW. Thomas and Jane married during 1901c in Sydney. Next of kin later given as his son Thomas Cecil Cooper

Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HS Ulysses

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal