Leonard Russell COOPER

COOPER, Leonard Russell

Service Numbers: 351, Officer
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
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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