DUPEN, Cuthbert John Ernest
| Service Number: | 1535 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 28 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Grave II. G. 13., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Wyalkatchem War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1882 Dupen Cuthbert John E Redruth 5c 245
He enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, Australlia
He was 33 and the son of Julia and the late John W Dupen of Hayle- Hayle (Cornish: Heyl, "estuary") is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River (which discharges into St Ives Bay) and is approximately seven miles north-east of Penzance.
He is remembered on the war memorials at Hayle and in Phillack in Cornwall, and on the Australian Memorial – London.
His brother, Engineer Captain Arthur Phillips Leslie Dupen also fell.He served with the Royal Navy, HMS Egmont-Died 25 Dec 1918, aged 47 in at Royal Naval Hospital, Bighi, Malta. Interred Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery.
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