Ronald Wallace Archibald COOPER

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Service Number:	846
Enlisted:	13 April 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Bothwell, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 1 September 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ringarooma Cemetery
Memorials:	Men of Bothwell Honour Roll

13 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
15 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 846, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the right thigh
4 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, From 26th Battalion
15 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company, From 1st Casualty Clearing Station
13 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion
15 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance, From 25th Machine Gun Company
14 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company, From 15th Field Ambulance
23 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 846, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

Son of Frederick Cooper of Alexander Street, Bothwell, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle disembarking at Melbourne on 7 May 1919 for onward travel to Tasmania

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

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