Thomas Roger COOPER

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Service Number:	2881
Enlisted:	22 June 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tumut New Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Presbyterian area, Row L, Grave 6. Headstone inscription reads: Lest we forget
Memorials:

22 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2881, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2881, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2881, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
24 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 56th Battalion
28 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at 2nd Military District

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Son of James H. Cooper and Clara Cooper of Tumut, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 21 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal