COWPER, Baron Copeland
| Service Number: | 34723 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Wagga Wagga Experiment Farm Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 34723, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 34723, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 34723, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, In France | |
| 27 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Drom 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 16 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 34723, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Lethbridge Cowper and Blanche Cowper of Beresford Road, Rose Bay, NSW. Brother of H.L. Cowper of the same address who was executor of Baron's will
Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on 7 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Baron married Lilla M. Haes in Sydney, NSW
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Brother of Roy Dawson Cowper who returned to Australia on 12 June 1919 having served with the 9th Field Company Engineers
Brother of Charles Mervyn Cowper who returned to Australia on 31 October 1917 having served with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
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