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COOPER, Robert Ian

Service Numbers:	T23391, T21879, PM6366
Enlisted:	15 December 1941
Last Rank:	Ordinary Seaman (Quartermaster Gunner)
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia , 6 October 1924
Home Town:	King Island, Tasmania
Schooling:	Egg Lagoon, King Island, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	King Island, Tasmania, Australia, 15 August 2012, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Currie Public Cemetery, King Island, Tasmania
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World War 2 Service

15 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T23391
28 Jan 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , T23391, Reason for discharge was that he was under age. He then enlisted on 26 March 1942 (T21879) but there is no record of his discharge from the Army before joining the Navy,
26 Mar 1942:	Enlisted T21879
28 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM6366
16 Feb 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman (Quartermaster Gunner), PM6366, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2, Served on J238 HMAS Gympie.
15 Apr 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy

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Biography contributed by Barker Gary

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