Leslie Claude COOPER

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Service Numbers:	2608 , 2608
Enlisted:	6 October 1917, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1891
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter & Joiner
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 March 1934, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England section, Row NS, Grave 0034
Memorials:

6 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2608 , 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria
2 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 2608, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 2608, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Artillery Details
24 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From Artillery Details
2 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2608 , 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Augustus Cooper and Mary Jane Cooper nee Jones of Ballarat, Victoria

Husband of Nellie Cooper nee McDowell of High Street, Kew, Victoria. Leslie and Nellie married during 1914c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 9 February 1919 aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on 3 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal