COPP, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 604 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, 2 yrs junior cadets 3 yrs senior cadets |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Optician |
| Died: | 1 January 1979, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 604, 5th Infantry Battalion, 2 yrs junior cadets 3 yrs senior cadets | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 604, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 604, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 7 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 604, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to throat Invalided back to Australia | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps |
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From AWM Biography
An optician from Bourke, New South Wales, 604 Private Charles Henry Copp enlisted in the AIF on 17 August 1914. He embarked for overseas on 21 August 1914 and served in Egypt and Gallipoli with the 5th Battalion. Wounded in action between 8-12 May 1914,, Copp was invalided back to Australia in July 1915. Once recovered, he returned to duty in October 1915 and again embarked for overseas service on 20 October 1916, now a 2nd Lieutenant with the 46th Battalion. Taken on strength to the 5th Battalion in April 1917, Copp was soon promoted to Lieutenant. In September 1917, Copp was attached to the Royal Flying Corps, undertaking various training courses, before joining No 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corp as a pilot in 1918. Copp returned to Australia at the end of the war and was discharged on 14 October 1919.
In later life Charles Copp became Anglican chaplain who served in and around Melbourne during WW2 (courtesy Allan Grossman for research).
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