Joseph COOPER

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Service Number:	3430
Enlisted:	5 August 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sheffield, England, 1893
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sleeper Hewer
Memorials:

5 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3430, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3430, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3430, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3430, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of Joseph Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper of Soaphouse Lane, Woodhouse, England

On 28 February 1919 Joseph married Mary Jane Marshall in the United Methodist Church, Malin Bridge, Sheffield, England

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard Trasos Montes disembarking on 14 May 1919

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