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COUPER, Hugh
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2873 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 8 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" 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), Westbrook War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2873, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2873, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2873, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2873, 49th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the hand |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Couper and Catherine Couper nee Weir of Balaclava Street, Woolloongabba, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal