Leopold Wolfe (Leo) Cohen (1872–1969)
Leopold Wolfe Cohen was in London at the outbreak of the Boer War and fought with the City of London Imperial Volunteers. He joined the Sydney stockbrokerage of Ernest L Davis & Company, and was its general manager/senior partner beginning from the early 1940s, until he retired in the early 1960s.
Cohen served as the Honorary Treasurer of the Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home and the related Isabella Lazarus Home for Jewish Children (Hunters Hill) for over 50 years. He was a member of the New South Wales Club, and the Australian Jockey Club.
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- birth notice, Maitland Mercury (NSW), 3 October 1872, p 1
- returns to New South Wales after spending 11 years in England, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 November 1900, p 7
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Bell, Dulcie Carmel (wife)
- Andrew, Georgena Ruth (daughter)
- Cohen, Anthony Neil (son)
- Cohen, Pamela (daughter-in-law)
- Cohen, Rebecca (mother)
- Cohen, George Judah (father)
- Barnet, Ada Rose (mother-in-law)
- Barnet, Nahum (father-in-law)
- Joseph, Lillian Julia (sister)
- Marks, Irene Rachel (sister)
- Cohen, Samuel Sydney (brother)
- Cohen, Reginald Benn (brother)
- Cullen, Byron George (brother)
- Cohen, Alroy Maitland (brother)
- Cullen, Sefton Louis (brother)
- Cullen, Octavia Lillian (sister-in-law)
- Cohen, Elma (sister-in-law)
- Cohen, Ada (sister-in-law)
- Phillips, Nadia Flora (sister-in-law)
- Cohen, Helen (sister-in-law)
- Mish, Edna Naomi (sister-in-law)
- Cullen, Nancy (sister-in-law)
- Shaumer, Irma Miriam (sister-in-law)
- Joseph, Jerrold Nathan (brother-in-law)
- Joseph, Abraham Sidney (brother-in-law)
- Phillips, Lawrence David (brother-in-law)
- Marks, Reginald Henry (brother-in-law)
- Mish, Eric John (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Hannah (aunt)
- Cohen, Martha (aunt)
- Levy, Celia (aunt)
- Cohen, Caroline Flood (aunt)
- Cohen, Roselind (aunt)
- Cohen, Bertha (aunt)
- Cohen, Louis Samuel (uncle)
- Cohen, Norman Samuel (uncle)
- Levy, Benjamin Wolfe (uncle)
- Lewis, Samuel Eliot (uncle)
- Lewis, David Leopold (uncle)
- Levy, Harry Solomon (uncle)
- Tamworth, Louis (uncle)
- Levy, Herbert Wolfe (uncle)
- Levy, Septimus Raphael (uncle)
- Levy, Octavius George (uncle)
- Cohen, Martha (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Caroline Flood (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Zara (aunt by marriage)
- Lewis, Annette (aunt by marriage)
- Lewis, Ray Charlotte (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Octavia Maud (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Bertha (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Hannah (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Gwendoline (aunt by marriage)
- Tamworth, Violet Gladys (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Louis Samuel (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Norman Samuel (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Neville David (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Burnett David (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Rachel (grandmother)
- Levy, Julia (grandmother)
- Cohen, Samuel (grandfather)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (grandfather)
- Joseph, Rhoda Stella (niece)
- Throsby, Gwendoline Miriam (niece)
- Moss, Helen Elizabeth (niece)
- Cullen, George Jocelyn (nephew)
- Cullen, Paul Alfred (nephew)
- Cohen, Jerrold George (nephew)
- Cohen, Ronald J. (nephew)
- Cohen, Baby (nephew)
- Clark, Pauline (niece by marriage)
- Throsby, John Patrick (nephew by marriage)
- Mish, John Norman (nephew by marriage)
- Cohen, Samuel Maitland (cousin)
- Edgar, Ethel Julia (cousin)
- Cohen, Harold Leopold (cousin)
- Cohen, Rex David (cousin)
- Cohen, George Hubert (cousin)
- Levy, Julia Alpha (cousin)
- Cohen, Stuart Samuel (cousin)
- Cohen, Stanley Gilbert (cousin)
- Cullen, Horace David (cousin)
- Myers, Vera Anita (cousin)
- Phillips, Julie Lorna (cousin)
- Ross, Walter T. (cousin)
- Sington, Ruth Louise (cousin)
- Rawson, May Georgia (cousin)
- Cohen, David Lennard (cousin)
- Nathan, Gladys Julia (cousin)
- Rose, Julia Eda (cousin)
- Crosse, Beryl Eunice (cousin)
- Cohen, Leslie Winston (cousin)
- Cullen, Ralph Neville (cousin)
- Golding, Louise Winham (cousin)
- Cohen, Lewis George (cousin)
- Cohen, Benn Jack Brunel (cousin)
- Eliot-Cohen, Eliot Charles (cousin)
- Haldin, Edna Caroline (cousin)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (cousin)
- Henry, Margaret (cousin)
- Lewis, Lance Will (cousin)
- Maitland, Mary Annie (cousin)
- Levy, Maitland Benn (cousin)
- Leyland, Lynn Wolfe (cousin)
- Levy, Douglas Alexander (cousin)
- Schiff, Betty Julia (cousin)
- Gentilli, Madge Hope (cousin)
- Levy, Kenneth Adolph (cousin)
- Prince, Norah Millie (cousin)
- Levy, Benn Wolfe (cousin)
- Levy, Patrick Reginald (cousin)
- Leyland, Richard (cousin)
- Tamworth, Ian Philip (cousin)
Citation details
'Cohen, Leopold Wolfe (Leo) (1872–1969)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cohen-leopold-wolfe-leo-21972/text32140, accessed 30 May 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
28 September,
1872
Maitland,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
6 April,
1969
(aged 96)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
Occupation or Descriptor
Military Service
Clubs
Key Organisations
- Australian Jockey Club (NSW)
- Isabella Lazarus Home for Jewish Children (Hunters Hill, Sydney)
- Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home (Sydney)