George Boon COOPER

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Service Number:	246
Enlisted:	6 March 1915, Enlisted at Northam, WA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Northam, Western Australia, 17 January 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan area, Section FC, Grave 0371
Memorials:	Northam Memorial Hospital

6 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 246, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Northam, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 246, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 246, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 246, 28th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to England
11 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 246, 28th Commonwealth Independent Brigade Group, Second occasion
6 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion, In France
15 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 246, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues

Son of Henry James Cooper and Clara Ellen Cooper nee Jeffery of Lockyen Avenue, Northam, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 17 October 1917

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

During 1918c George married Eva M. Ashman in Northam, WA