COUPER, Leslie
Service Numbers: | 837, 2816, 2962 |
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Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 4th Australian Army Service Corps Company |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Kensington, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Turner |
Died: | Brighton, Victoria, 9 August 1931, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cheltenham (Pioneer) Cemetery, Victoria Cemetery location given as 10A, EM, O. Interred on 10 August 1931 |
Memorials: | Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor, Magill Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 837, 1st Divisional Train, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 837, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 837, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
29 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 837, 4th Australian Army Service Corps Company, Return to Australia | |
30 Oct 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 837, 1st Divisional Train, Discharged (first time) at the 4th Military District as medically unfit | |
21 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2816, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
27 Dec 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2962, 4th Australian Army Service Corps Company, Admitted to No 14 General Hospital | |
30 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Couper and Emma Jane Couper nee Parkison of Melville Street, Brunswick, Vistoria formerly of Magill Road, Kensington, SA
Commenced return to Australia (first time) on 29 August 1915 aboard SS Euripides disembarking on 28 October 1915
Commenced return to Australia (second time) on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking at Melbourne on 5 February 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal