Arthur John COOPER

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Service Number:	4711
Enlisted:	21 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 31 October 1898
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brickmaker
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 14 July 1965, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium area 12, Wall 14
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21 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4711, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
12 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4711, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4711, 26th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
5 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4711, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to both buttocks. Invalided to England on 12 November 1916 aboard HS Panama
15 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4711, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to fractured clavicle

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Son of David Frederick Cooper and Margaret Mona Cooper nee Stott of Station Road, Gympie, QLD

On 28 November 1917 he accidentally fractured his clavicle

Commenced return to Australia 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali (injured-fractured clavicle) disembarking on 1 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 11 November 1925 Arthur married Myra Graham in QLD