Volney Leonard COOPER

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Service Number:	537
Enlisted:	3 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - legs, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 11 July 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

3 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 537, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 537, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
11 Jul 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 537, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 537 awm_unit: 7 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-07-11

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Records give his age as 21 years at the time of embarkation but his birth was not recorded until 1897record number 2702

Son of George L. and Priscilla Cooper of 37Hume Street, North Sydney, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Meda