CULPAN, Roy Garside
| Service Number: | 1126 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Kensington, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wanganui, New Zealand, 8 January 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Launceston High School, Tasmania, Australia & Auckland School of Art, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Pernicious Anaemia, Cairo, 16 December 1914, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 128 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1126, 1st Infantry Battalion, Kensington, Sydney | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1126, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1126, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 14 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1126, 1st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Roy Garside CULPAN was born in Wanganui, New Zealand on 8th January, 1883
His parents were Thomas CULPAN & Alice Laura Marian KNIGHT
He married Eva KIRK in New Zealand in 1908 - one child Joan Lascelles CULPAN - his wife & child stayed in New Zealand
He had served previously in the Auckland College Rifles in New Zealand before he came to Australia as a Commercial Traveller and enlisted in Kensington, Sydney on 31st August, 1914 and embarked from Sydney on 18th October, 1914 with the 1st Infantry Battalion, E Company on the ship Afric
Roy died of Illness (Pernicious anaemia) in Cairo, Egypt on 14th December, 1914 and is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
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