Walter Leonard COOPER

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Service Numbers:	3088 , 3088
Enlisted:	3 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Motor Transport Company
Born:	Weston, Cheshire, England, 27 March 1889
Home Town:	Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1962, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Boronia area. Cremation service held on 17 August 1962. Plaque appears in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

3 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3088 , 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3088, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3088, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
9 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Supply Column, From 'K' Supply Column
3 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Motor Transport Company, Fro 4th Divisional Supply Column
22 Mar 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Motor Transport Company
4 Jun 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3088 , 4th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Glenurk', Auburn Road, Auburn, Victoria.

Son of William Cooper and Harriet Mary Cooper nee Ashley of Gorsby Hill, Western Crewe, Cheshire, England

Between 19 September 1919 and 2 November 1919 he had paid leave to attend Foden's Ltd., Engineers of Sandback, England for traning as a Fitter

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1919 aboard Konigin Luise disembarking on 4 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In March 1925 Walter was residing in Carson Street, Hawthorn, Victoria

During 1925 Walter married Hilda Gwendolin Wines in Victoria