Trooper

Leslie Copestake

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of John Farnham Copestake and Alice Copestake, of Tarurutangi, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
50728
Name:
Leslie Copestake
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs A. Copestake (mother), Tarurutangi, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Unit:
New Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
23 September 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1917
Transport:
HMNZT 98
Vessel:
Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
B. 47.
Leslie Copestake
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