Bert COOPER

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Service Number:	2538
Enlisted:	22 September 1916, Enlisted at Kempsey, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 28 June 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Frederickton Cemetery, Kempsey Shire, New South Wales, Australia Anglican area, Row EE
Memorials:	South West Rocks Honour Roll

22 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2538, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kempsey, NSW
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2538, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2538, 33rd Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney
18 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2538, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 24 April 1918
25 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2538, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Herbert Cooper and Jane Rachel Cooper of Rainbow Reach on Macleay River, NSW. Rainbow Reach is in the Kempsey shire.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 September 1919 aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on 10 November 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Muriel Hannah Cooper nee Pascoe. Bert and Muriel married during 1924c in Auburn, NSW

In 1960 he was residing at 'Woonah', Gregory Street, South West Rock, NSW