John COOPER

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Service Number:	884
Enlisted:	18 January 1917, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born:	Marjorca, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive Driver
Died:	North Beach, Western Australia, 21 March 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican ares, Grave 0204
Memorials:	Northam Memorial Hospital

18 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 884, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 884, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1917:	Embarked Corporal, 884, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
15 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, From Railway Unit
19 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Railway Unit (AIF)
2 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 884, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to dislocated cartliage in the right knee

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Son of Thomas Bate Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper nee Proctor of Marjorca, Victoria

Husband of Catherine Ann Cooper nee Curry of Duke Street, Northam, WA. John and Catherine married in Perth, WA during 1914c

Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali as injured disembarking in the 21 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal