Stuart Alexander COOPER

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COOPER, Stuart Alexander

Service Number:	1858
Enlisted:	21 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, April 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England area R, Row 21, Grave 4. Service held of 27 April 1948
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World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1858, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1858, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1858, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
2 Sep 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1858, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Record on the NAA website is under the name of Stuart Cooper: - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3414080

Son of Henry John Cooper and Alice Eliza Cooper nee Vigers of Buninyong Street, Yarraville, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1915 aboard HT Ballarat for discharged due to VD

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

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