Clifford COOPER

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Service Number:	625
Enlisted:	26 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Heywood, Lancashire, England, 1887
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolise, Egypt, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 16. Chaplain W.A. Moore officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll

26 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Oaklands, South Australia
12 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 625, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 625, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 625, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 625 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-08

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Arrived in Australia aged 24 years and at the time of enlisting he was residing in South Australia

Son of Henry (Harry) Cooper and Annice Cooper nee Saxon of Mine Street, Hooley Bridge, Heywood, England

Husband of Bertha Cooper. At the time of his enlistment he stated that he was a singe man

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