John Charles COOPER

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Service Number:	3069
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Warwick, England, 1875
Home Town:	Strath Creek, Murrindindi, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ship's Steward
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3069, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3069, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3069, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 23rd Battalion
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Machine Gun Company, From 58th Battalion
14 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3069, 15th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Epilepsy

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Chase Farm', Strath Creek, Victoria

Son of I. Cooper of Toman Road, Holloway, England

Commenced return to Australia on 13 Februry 1917 aboard HT Ulysses

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal