KOPPEN, Alexander Michael
| Service Number: | 5715880 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | London, England, 27 August 1947 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | COVID-19 virus, United Kingdom, 19 April 2020, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
| 8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 5715880, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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| 8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 5715880 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
LCPL Alexander ‘Hippy’ Koppen died in the United Kingdom as a result of his contracting the COVID-19 virus. Alex had been residing in a nursing home for the best part of a year.
He served with the Battalion for the full 1969-70 tour of South Vietnam, initially deploying with Support Company, Dennis ‘Digger’ Nevins states; “Hippy and I served in Tracker Platoon together and he was my No2 on the gun. We both transferred to 7 Platoon, C Company, to continue serving with LT Ian Hosie, and marched into C Company together. Hippy may have been a Pommie but he loved Australia and served in Vietnam under our Slouch Hat. A sad day for all of us.”
Courtesy of Gary Townsend
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