Walter COOPER

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COOPER, Walter

Service Number:	115
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Hyde, England, 1890
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 115, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 115, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 115, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
19 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 4th Battalion
20 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 115, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Strafford Cooper and Mary Jane Cooper of George Street, Hyde, England

Husband of Teresa Martha Cooper nee Duignan of Manchester Road, Denton, Lancashire, England. Walter and Teresa married on 12 October 1911 in St. Marys Catholic Church, Ashont-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England. Rector J.W.M.C. Willesme officiated

Served a seven year electrical apprenticeship in Manchester, England

Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 24 December 1918

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

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