Albert Edwin COOPER

COOPER, Albert Edwin

Service Numbers: 55585, V365117
Enlisted: 8 April 1918, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Born: Burwood, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1899
Home Town: Childers, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Maffra, Victoria, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation serve held on 19 August 1965 and remains were collected
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World War 1 Service

8 Apr 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 55585, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
23 Jul 1918: Embarked Private, 55585, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne
23 Jul 1918: Involvement Private, 55585, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From re-inforcements
6 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), At Tidworth, England
17 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 55585, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

World War 2 Service

29 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V365117

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Albert Edward Cooper and Annie Cooper nee Kirk of Childers, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 6 October 1919 aboard Pakeka disembarking on 24 November 1919

Medal: British War Medal

During 1931c Albert married Phyllis Alice Annie Batchelor in Victoria