George COOPER

COOPER, George

Service Number: 2136
Enlisted: 13 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
Born: Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town: Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 30 July 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wangaratta War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2136, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2136, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2136, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James William Cooper and Elizabeth Ellen Cooper nee Bott of Park Crescent, Wangaratta, Victoria

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