Cecil Alfred COOPER

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Service Number:	3303
Enlisted:	5 October 1915, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Army Troops Company Engineers
Born:	Deans Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Deans Marsh, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Victoria, Australia, November 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated on 25 November 1971. Ashes collected
Memorials:	Bambra Roll of Honor, Deans Marsh District Roll of Honor, Deans Marsh State School Roll of Honor

5 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 3303, 6th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
24 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 3303, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 3303, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
5 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 16th Field Company Engineers, From 6th Field Company Engineers
2 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Field Company Engineers, In France
11 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, From 16th Field Company Engineers
6 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3303, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, Discharged at 3rd Military District

Son of Alfred James Cooper and Caroline Cooper nee Box of Deans Marsh, Victoria

On 19 October 1918 Cecil married Maary Reid Forsyth in the United Free Church, St Andrews, Burgh of Glasgow, Scotland. william James Muir officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Port Lincoln disembarking on the 6 November 1919

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