Thomas COOPER

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Service Number:	1600
Enlisted:	31 August 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 27 January 1877
Home Town:	Wattamondara, Cowra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Young, New South Wales, Australia, 20 March 1965, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Young (St Mary's) Cemetery, New South Wales Interred in the Roman Catholic area
Memorials:

31 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1600, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1600, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1600, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From 6th Light Horse Regiment
30 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 6th Light Horse Regiment, From 3nd Light Horse Regiment
4 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1600, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Son of Charles Shepherd Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper nee Dunlay of Wattamondarra, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 15 February 1918 HT Ulysses disembarking on the 18 March 1918

Medals: !914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Rachel Bridget Cooper nee Carmody of Young, NSW. Thomas and Rachel married in Young during 1919c