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COUPER, James Ireland Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 28395 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Meeniyan, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Meeniyan, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer Labourer |
| Died: | Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28395, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28395, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28395, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 23 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 28395, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Lochart Carlyle Couper and Elizabeth Couper nee Ireland of Meeniyan, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 22 November 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 9 January 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal