Merton Carr COOPER

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Service Numbers:	69, 69
Enlisted:	5 June 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 15 April 1895
Home Town:	Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 22 November 1971, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Columbarian, Wall 19, Niche G036. Interred on 26 April 1972 and which expires in 2022
Memorials:

5 Jun 1915:	Enlisted
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 69, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 69, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
1 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, From Signal Sub Section
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement 69
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement 69
8 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 69 , 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of John Thomas Cooper of Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 10 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 25 November 1919 Merton married Isabel Elinor Harden in the Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, SA