Corporal

Leonard William Cooney

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of William and Ada Cooney, of England. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/2416
Name:
Leonard William Cooney
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
W.K. Cooney (father), 19 Trelissick Crescent, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
19 Trelissick Crescent, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds (Gas)
Date of Death:
21 October 1917
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
5th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 June 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 24
HMNZT 25
HMNZT 26
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
V. C. 10.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Leonard William Cooney
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