Spencer COOPER

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Service Number:	2137
Enlisted:	15 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Leura, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Memorials:

15 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
14 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2137, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2137, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 13th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left leg. Transferred to Malta 26 August 1915.
2 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 13th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion, slight. Accidentally wounded
12 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the left side of the chest. Invalided to England on 4 September 1916 aboard Stad Antwerpen from Calais
6 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Next of kin given as Mrs. James Leonard of Watson Street, Leura, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 5 July 1917

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