CUPPER, Tom
| Service Number: | 654 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Surry Hills, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stourport, England, October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Birdwooten, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Merbein Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Mildura Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 654, 8th Infantry Battalion, Surry Hills, NSW | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 654, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 654, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 16 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 654, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia during 1911c. Previously served with the Stourport Territorials, England for nine months
Son of John Cupper and Florence Sarah Cupper nee Insull. Brother of John Percival Cupper who returned to Australa on 21 December 1915 as wounded having served with the 8th Battalion
Husband of Ivy Cecily Nash formerly Cupper nee Rea
Commenced return to Australia on 10 May 1919 aboard HT Wahehe disembarking on 28 June 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Cupper, Crosswaygreen, near Storm Port, England
CUPPER.— A tribute of esteem to our late Bro. Knight Tom Cupper, of Birdwoodton, who died on May 28. (Inserted on behalf of the members of Walda Preceptory of Knights Templar, No. 252. E. W. Irwin. Em. Preceptor; Gilbert Jeffery, Registrar.)
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