COUPER, Guy
| Service Number: | 11692 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 12 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Rosebud State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Donvale, Victoria, Australia , 30 November 1973, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Grave 1945 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 11692, 4th Motor Transport Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement 11692, 4th Motor Transport Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked 11692, 4th Motor Transport Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Motor Transport Company | |
| 20 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 11692, 3rd Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ramsay George Henry Couper and Norah Couper nee Scott of Station Street, Box Hill, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 9 July 1919 aboard Prinz Ludwig disembarking on 5 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Baronet Guy Couper was born on 12th March 1889 at Warburton, Victoria, Australia.
Upon his father's death in 1949, Guy succeeded to the Couper Baronetcy, which was created on 23 June 1841 for George Couper, who was a colonel in the British Army and fought in the Peninsular Wars, served as Military Secretary to two Governors General of Canada, and was Comptroller of the Household and Equerry to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
Guy passed away, aged 84 years, in 1973 at Donvale, Victoria and the title then passed to his nephew.
Source: wikipedia