537 TROOPER Volnay Leonard COOPER

Date of Birth:  1897

Place of Birth: Crookwell NSW

Next of Kin: Mrs Priscilla Cooper- Mother

Enlistment Date: 3 November 1914

Unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Theatre of Service: Gallipoli 

Date of Death: 11 July 1915

Place of Death: HMHS Gascon, Anzac Cove

Cause of Death: Died of wounds

Notes: Gave his age at enlistment as 21 years & 10 months - he was 17 years old. Buried at sea between Gallipoli and Alexandria, Egypt