Garnet Erskine COOPER

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Service Number:	1080
Enlisted:	30 September 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Remount Unit (AIF)
Born:	Barrington, Tasmania, Australia, 20 August 1887
Home Town:	Barrington, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Larbourer
Memorials:	Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Municipality of Kentish Honour Roll

30 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1080, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
12 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1080, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1080, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
21 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Remount Unit (AIF)
2 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1080, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Discharged at 6th Military District. Had reverted in ranks at his own request

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Son of James Charles Cooper and Kate Lock Cooper nee Pullen of Barrington, Tasmania

Husband of Ethel Cooper of Barrington, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 24 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

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