Ivan Coram ZUPP MM

ZUPP, Ivan Coram

Service Numbers: QX56634, Q108113
Enlisted: 24 July 1943
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Boonah, Queensland, Australia, 12 February 1921
Home Town: Boonah, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling: Dugandan State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Illness, Boonah, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1995, aged 74 years
Cemetery: Dugandan Trinity Lutheran church cemetery, Queensland, Australia
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World War 2 Service

6 Oct 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX56634, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2, Citizen Military Forces
24 Jul 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q108113
24 Jul 1943: Involvement Private, QX56634, also Q108113
24 Jul 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX56634, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
24 Jul 1943: Enlisted
19 Jun 1945: Honoured Military Medal, Bougainville, On 22nd February 1945, in Mosigetta Area at Bougainville, 10 Platoon were in perimeter defence on a track junction on the Pikei Road. A party of enemy, armed with light mortors, light machine-guns, rifles and grenades vigorously attacked the position. The enemy attacked continuously for an hour, and were beaten off with heavy losses. QX56634 Pte Zupp, I.C. a bren gunner occupied a pit facing east, from which direction the strongest attacks were launched. During the attack,he displayed courage and coolness under fire, and was an example to the rest of his section. By efficient and deadly fire from his automatic, he assisted in breaking up the enemy attack accounting for at least two enemy killed. After being shot through the chest, he disregarded his wound, and by dogged perseverance, determination and sheer will power, continued to operate his bren accounting for two more enemy, until he collapsed from exhaustion. That he was able to keep his gun firing so long, was one of the deciding factors in the ultimate defeat of the enemy attack, and his outstanding courage and devotion to duty were the subject of great admiration from the rest of his platoon, and had served as an inspiration to them during the immediate action.
7 Jun 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX56634, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed

Ivan Coram ZUPP was born in Boonah, Queensland on 12th February, 1921

His parents were Ferdinand Gustav ZUPP & Alma Auguste STEGERT