Leslie COOPER

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Service Numbers:	6971, 1761
Enlisted:	24 October 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

24 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 6971, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1761, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1761, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
21 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From the 2nd Light House Regiment
26 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
18 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6971, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Wounds to the left shoulder and right thigh. Invalided to England on 21 August 1918
18 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6971, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Edmund Armstrong Cooper and Julia Cooper of Moore Park, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1919 aboard HT Devanha disembarking on 26 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Edmund Armstrong Cooper and Julia Cooper of Moore Park, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1919 aboard HT Devanha disembarking on 26 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal