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CUPIT, Hugh
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 858 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 February 1916, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deniliquin Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Deniliquin War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 858, 39th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 858, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 858, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 858, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 858 awm_unit: 10 Light Trench Mortar awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Hugh Cupit was killed in action on 4 October 1917 during the battle of Broodseinde Ridge. His body was never recovered.
He enlisted in the 39th Battalion on the same day as his brother George Cupit who had been killed in action 5 months previous on 30 April 1917.