Reuben COOPER

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Service Number:	16522
Enlisted:	16 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	6th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Naremburn, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Cremated and ashes were scattered
Memorials:

16 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16522, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
2 Dec 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 16522, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 16522, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
23 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 6th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers
25 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 16522, 6th Field Company Engineers, Shell wound to the right shoulder. Embarked for England on 7 October 1917.
21 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 16522, 6th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of William Edward Cooper and Martha Emily Cooper of Goulburn, NSW

Served his aprenticeship with Cooper & Sons of North Sydney. Total of time working for the company was over 27 years

Husband of Mabel Cooper nee James of 'Iona', Dalley Road, Naremburn, NSW. Reuben and Mabel married in Murwillumbah, NSW during 1908c

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 22 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal