John William COOPER

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Service Numbers:	40 , 40
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1894
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 27 October 1949, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 5, Section 24
Memorials:

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 40 , 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Driver, 40, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Driver, 40, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
29 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
28 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 40 , 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

Son of John Cooper and Frances Charlotte Cooper nee Rice of Thompson Estate, Duke Street, South Brisbane, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 25 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

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

Husband of Lillian Gertrude Cooper nee Busby. John and Lillian married in QLD on 19 March 1919