COUPER, Thomas Alexander
| Service Number: | 66 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Botany, New South Wales, Australia, March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Botany, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Porter |
| Died: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Eastern Drive Walls, Wall E, Niche 27 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 66, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 66, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 66, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Divisional Signal Company | |
| 5 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Signal Company | |
| 5 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Signal Company | |
| 22 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander McKellar Couper and Elizabeth Ann Couper of Banksia Street. Botany, NSW. Brother of George A. Couper who died of wounds on 6 May 1918 while serving with the 49th Battalion and is buried Pernos British Cemetery. Plot 1, Row C, Grave 5
Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 11 September 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On the copy of his marriage certificate his full name is given as Thomas Frederick Alexander Couper.
On 7 March 1919 Thomas married Joan Simpson Stewart at the Grand Hotel, Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland. Minister William Rettray officiated