Frank Lane COOPER

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COOPER, Frank Lane

Service Number:	2628
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woonona, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1891
Home Town:	Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Natural causes, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1946, aged 54 years
Cemetery:	Goulburn General Cemetery, New South wales
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2628, Sydney, New South Wales
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2628, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2628, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
27 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2628, 55th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel Cooper and Fanny Cooper of Macksville, NSW

Brother of Samuel Cooper who was killed in action on 26 September 1916 while serving with the 55th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 25 September 1917

Medal: Britsh War Medal

During 1922c Frank married Ethel M. Williams in Goulburn, NSW

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