COUPE, Brendan Francis
| Service Number: | 15358 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1942 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Church of England Boys Home, Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 10 June 1966, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Church of England - L9-1, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Newhaven 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
| 6 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15358, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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| 6 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15358 |
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Birth: Jul. 3, 1942
Brisbane
Queensland, Australia
Death: Jun. 10, 1966, Vietnam
15358 Corporal Brendan Francis Coupe Age 23
5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Coupe was killed during a mortar attack 12 miles north of Vung Tau Phuoc Tuy Province on the 10th June 1966.
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Biography contributed by Annalies Nutley
Brendan Francis Coupe was born as John Andrew Osmond to parents Victor Cecil Osmond and Isabel Gladys Harper, in Paddington, NSW. He was born on the 3rd July 1942 in Paddington, NSW, and the following year, on the 12th November 1943 he was adopted by Edgar Francis Coupe and his wife Grace, who were living at no. 29 Park Avenue, Neutral Bay, NSW, at the time.
At the age of 3 Brendan went with his adopted parents when they adopted another child, this time a baby girl. The story goes that Edgar and Grace adopted the little baby that Brendan went up and kissed. She was only weeks old and was raised as Julie Ann Coupe.
Brendan was admitted to the Carlingford Boys Home in 1950, and sister Julie Ann went to the Parramatta Girls Home, with both spending two years there. Afte this they moved to Brisbane with their adopted parents Edgar and Grace, and both Brendan and Julie spent some time at Grovely State School.
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