Coming Soon.
COUPER, John Thomas Fornear
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2098 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 18 December 1916, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labouer |
Died: | Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 18 December 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls, 106, Row A, Niche 010. Interred on 24 December 1975. Expries 2030. F.T. Elliott Funerals officiated |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2098, Reinforcements WW1, Sydney, NSW | |
---|---|---|
3 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Cavalry Regiment , From Camel Corps | |
3 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 2098, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
3 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 2098, Camel Corps, RMS Karmala, Sydney | |
3 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, From 2nd Camel Corps Regiment at Moascar | |
25 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, In the field | |
13 Jun 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, At Moascar | |
6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2098, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
Help us honour John Thomas Fornear Couper's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Robert Fornear and Emily Couper of Gilie Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 20 July 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 28 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c John married Kate Madden in Armidale, NSW