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COOPER, Leonard Russell
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 351, Officer |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
Born: | New York USA, 1890 |
Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Inspector |
Died: | Drowned at sea - HT "Marquette", 23 October 1915, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mikra British Cemetery and Mikra Memorial MIKRA MEMORIAL Greece |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Young M.U.I.O.O.F. Loyal Burrangong Lodge No 26 Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
On the 23 October 1915, the Marquette, an Allied transport ship, was hit by a torpedo fired by a German submarine, and sank in the Aegean Sea, with a great loss of life