Percy Harper Couper DOUGLAS

Badge Number: S14931, Sub Branch: Port Adelaide
S14931

DOUGLAS, Percy Harper Couper

    Service Number: 3297
    Enlisted: 8 October 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery
    Born: Alberton, South Australia, 26 June 1899
    Home Town: Pennington, Charles Sturt, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Baker
    Died: Keswick, South Australia, 23 March 1945, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
    Section: KO, Road: 15, Site No: 10
    Memorials: Queenstown Christ Church Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Oct 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3297, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    7 Mar 1918: Involvement Private, 3297, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    7 Mar 1918: Embarked Private, 3297, 43rd Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Melbourne
    7 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, From 43rd Battalion
    20 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery, From Australian Army Service Corps(Supply)
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 3297
    5 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3297, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edward Brice Douglas and Margaret Elizabeth Douglas nee Couper of Hodgeman Road, Pennington, SA

    Commenced return to Australia on 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on the 20 April 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 29 October 1921 Percy married Louisa Violet Alma Harder in the Queen of Angels Church, , Thebarton, SA. At the time of his death he was residing in West Croydon, SA

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