Joseph Albert COOPER

COOPER, Joseph Albert

Service Number: 1065
Enlisted: 27 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Campola, Glenorchy, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Glenorchy, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Tyabb,Victoria, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1065, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 1065, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
23 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 1065, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Malakuta, Melbourne
20 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, Anzac Provost Corps , At Moascar
23 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, From ANZAC Provost Corps
31 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 8th Light Horse Regiment, From 3rd Light Horse Regiment
3 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1065, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph James Cooper and Christina Cooper nee Gillies of Gleorchy, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 29 April 1919 aboard HT Dorset disembarking on the 11 June 1919

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