COUPER, Andrew
Service Numbers: | 7225, Q219871 |
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Enlisted: | 16 October 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 17 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 July 1893 |
Home Town: | Mareeba, Tablelands, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 7 July 1958, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mareeba Pioneer Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Presbyterian area |
Memorials: | Mareeba War Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7225, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD | |
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24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7225, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7225, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
8 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7225, 15th Infantry Battalion, Severe wounds to the back including the kidney area. Invalided to England on 23 August 1917 aboard HS Princess Elizabeth | |
17 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7225, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as severely wounded |
World War 2 Service
7 May 1942: | Involvement Staff Sergeant , Q219871, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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7 May 1942: | Enlisted | |
7 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, Q219871, 17 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
21 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
21 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, Q219871, 17 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Attestation record is field under the name of Arthur Couper
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Son of Andrew Couper and Agnes Mary Couper nee Atkins of 'The Foundry', Mareeba, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley disembarking on 23 March 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Vicctory Medal
Husband of Mary Anne Couper of Mareeba, QLD. Andrew and Mary married on 18 June 1923 in Queensland