Richard COOPER MC MID**

Richard COOPER MC MID** Update Details

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Service Number:	6496
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Train
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, 1884
Home Town:	Thane, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Queensland, 22 September 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 6496, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
24 May 1915:	Embarked Driver, 6496, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
24 May 1915:	Involvement Driver, 6496, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
12 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Divisional Train, From 7th Infantry Brigade Train
13 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Divisional Train
7 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Divisional Train
11 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Divisional Train, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Next of kin given as his sister Alice M. Davidson of 'Goomerah', Thane, QLD.

Son of Richard Cross Cooper and Elizabeth A. Cooper of Inverell, NSW

Returned to Australia on 11 January 1920 aboard HT Ypiringa

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

Son of Albert Maurice Hugo Cooper and Isabel Cooper nee Dalrymple of Robert Street, Toowong, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia disembarking on 20 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal