Horace William COOPER

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Service Number:	1530
Enlisted:	22 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 8 December 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Roman Catholic area 5, Grave 2251
Memorials:

22 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1530, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1530, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
12 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Salvation Army, Lithgow, NSW

Son of William Cheal Cooper and Eveline A. Cooper of Newcastle, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Winnifred E. Cooper of Convent of Mercy, Cobar, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 24 June 1916 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 8 August 1916

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

Husband of Mary Teresa Cooper nee Ward. Horace and Mary married during 1940c