Donald Kevan COOPER

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Service Numbers:	49623, 408253
Enlisted:	13 January 1939, CMF Militia 117th Heavy Battery
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 4 October 1917
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Hobart State High School, Tasmania, Australia (1930-34)
Occupation:	Clerk , Bank of New South Wales, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died:	Flying Battle, Milne Bay, Papua, 16 October 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 13. Inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN..."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

13 Jan 1939:	Enlisted Private, 49623, CMF Militia 117th Heavy Battery
17 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 408253, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers
17 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 408253, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
1 May 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
7 Oct 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 408253, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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