Leslie COOPER

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Service Number:	6971
Enlisted:	24 October 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Memorials:

24 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6971, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6971, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6971, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
26 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6971, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to injury

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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