KUPSCH, Frederick William
| Service Number: | 2842 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2842, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2842, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
Pte Frederick Kupsch
From David Coad who quoted "Port Cygnet 1914-1919, p.112":
"On the following day, the 13th October 1917, men from the 40th returned to the battlefield to extricate wounded casualties from shell holes filled with mud and water. Green’s history of the 40th recounts an incident concerning Leslie Rogers (p.92). He was one of a party of three who went into enemy territory looking for stranded soldiers in need of help. Some New Zealanders, Englishmen and three men from the 40th were retrieved. A wounded German seeing the stretchers tried to follow the rescue team on his hands and knees until he sank into the sea of mud beneath him and disappeared forever. The day brought its own woes for more Cygnet men during a bombardment. William Stanton received a bullet in his leg and Frederick Kupsch a bullet to his thigh which necessitated treatment at hospital in London until the end of the year. Frederick was born at Port Cygnet 21 November 1887. His father and maternal grandparents, however, were born in Germany. Despite this common heritage with the enemy, he was ready to take up arms and fight as an Australian at the price of being wounded or even killed."
Submitted 15 April 2020 by Evan Evans
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