Randall COOPER

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Service Number:	5068
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 15 December 1897
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Illness, Scottish General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, 27 November 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Glasgow Western Necropolis, Scotland Row N, Grave 11. Chaplain Rev. D.A. Bolhill officiated. Undertakers were J. Henderson Ltd. of Cambridge Street, Glasgow, Scotland. Commemorated in the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5068, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5068, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5068, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
2 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company, From 52nd Battalion
12 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company, From 4th Machine Gun Battalion
13 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5068, 13th Machine Gun Company
5 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Machine Gun Company
1 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, France
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 5068, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 5068, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Outpost Line

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Son of Robert Cooper and Rebecca Cooper nee Burgess of Hobart, Tasmania

Husband of Irene Cooper nee Wise of Harrington Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Father of Sheila Cooper and Winston Rex Cooper

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal