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COOPER, Charles William

Service Number:	278
Enlisted:	21 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Newport, England. , October 1889
Home Town:	Babinda, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer.
Died:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 20 August 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Monumental West Side, Row A2,Site 2795.
Memorials:	Babinda War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 278, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 278, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 278, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Acting Corporal.
8 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 278, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Remained at camp.
20 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
21 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Corporal Vice.
21 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Gun Shot Wound to the thigh.

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