Rupert Charles COOPER

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Service Numbers:	6481 , 6481
Enlisted:	13 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Willaura, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Ararat, Victoria, 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor

13 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1
13 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6481 , 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6481, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6481, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
16 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Ambulance, From 7th Battalion
11 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6481 , 2nd Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District
11 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Ambulance

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Son of William Cooper and Frances Sarah Cooper nee Sweetman of 'Kelvenside', Willaura, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 27 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Rupert married Helena Heard in Victoria