Frank Oliver COPPING

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Service Number:	2145
Enlisted:	23 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, 1886
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Stowmarket School, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Occupation:	Cellarman
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 20 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

23 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2145, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2145, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2145, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
2 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2145, 56th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right thigh. Invalid to England on 12 April 1917

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Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of Edwin Brigg Copping and N. Copping of Union Jack Club, Waterloo Road, London, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal