Henry Herbert CAPPER

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Service Number:	27292
Enlisted:	8 May 1916, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 6 May 1895
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1952, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican area, Row AH, Grave 0095
Memorials:

8 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 27292, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Driver, 27292, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Driver, 27292, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 27292, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Gassed.
2 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , In France
12 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 27292, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Jabez Henry Capper and Anne Jane Capper of Lovers Walk, Devonport, Auckland NZ

Prior to enlisting he was serving his painter's apprenticeship with Birch & Bradshaw, Painters of Eden Street, Auckland, NZ

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on 5 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1932 he was residing in Mossman, NSW

Husband of Ellice Rosamond Capper nee Dunkwas erley. Henry and Ellice married in Auburn, NSW during 1943c