COOPER, Leslie
| Service Number: | 725 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Obley, NSW, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Obley, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Obley War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 725, 36th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 725, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 725, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 725, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 725 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Elizabeth COOPER, Derowie, Obley, New South Wales
Thursday night again saw a good muster in the hall, on this occasion the guests being Privates Harry and Leslie Cooper. Dancing was carried on until midnight, when an adjournment to the tables was made. After supper Mr. John Whittaker, who was again entrusted to make the presentation of a wristlet watch to each, spoke very highly of those two lads. Messrs. S. S. Hunt, J. R. Hughes, M. Ryan and A. Smith also spoke, all wishing the lads success, and hoping that they would return safely. After cheers being given for the King and the young soldiers, also their three Yeoval comrades who were present, dancing was resumed and kept going for a couple of hours longer, when farewells were said and a very pleasant evening ended.
Privates H. F. and Leslie Cooper, of Obley, who are with Carmichael's Thousand at Newcastle, when home on final leave last week, were entertained by a large number of friends, who presented each with a wrist watch. In the course of a eulogium, Mr. J. Whittaker said both lads were highly respectable residents of the Obley district, who had any amount of ability. These remarks were endorsed by several other speakers. On Saturday Mr. Whittaker motored the boys across to Molong. They expect to sail for the front during the first week of May.
Mrs. E. Cooper, of Obley, has been officially informed that her son, Lance-Corporal Leslie Cooper, and brother of Mrs. G. W. Baker, of Suntop, is missing since October 12, 1917.
Lance-Corporal Leslie Cooper, of Obley, is reported as killed at the front. He was well-known and highly respected in the Obley district.