Alfred George COOPER

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Service Number:	950
Enlisted:	7 October 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Navy
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Memorials:	West Leederville Town Hall HB2

7 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 950, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Perth, WA
20 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 950, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Te Anau embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 950, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, SS Te Anau, Sydney
1 Dec 1916:	Transferred Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Royal Australian Navy, From 4th Infantry Battaalion, Naval and Military Forces-Tropical Corps

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Son of Charles George Cooper and Sarah Catherine Cooper nee Waldeck of Claremont Avenue, Claremont, WA

Medal: British War Medal, Defence Medal both issued by the Royal Australian Navy

Remained in Rabaul till 1920 where he served as a Commissioned Telegraphist for five years

Returned to Australia on 2 August 1920 aboard SS Malusia for discharge