John James COOPER MID

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Service Number:	764
Enlisted:	19 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Memorials:

19 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 764, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 764, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 764, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
30 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, From 38th Battalion
30 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
1 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
1 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
1 Jan 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For distinguished and devoted services & devotion to duty in the field during the period from midnight 26 February and midnight 20 September 1917 London Gazette on 28 December 1917, page 13564, position 56 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 April 1918, page 842, position 47
27 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 764, 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John B. Cooper and Susan Cooper nee Tivendale of Cochrane Street, Elsternwick, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia in November 1919 aboard HY Ypiringa disembarking on 4 January 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal