Ernest John COOPER

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Service Number:	3053
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 3 January 1967 and the remains were scattered
Memorials:

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3053, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3053, 24th 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, 3053, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, From 24th Battalaion
27 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, In France
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3053, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Joseph Thomas Cooper and Susan Ann Cooper nee McDaniel of Port Fairy, Victoria

Husband of Elsie Emily Cooper nee England of Cole Street, Williamstown, Victoria, Ernest and Elsie were married during 1910c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poona disembarking on 14 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal