William Muncie COUPER

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Service Number:	4376
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1889
Home Town:	Moriac, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, July 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian area, Row E, Grave 980. Internment service held on 20 July 1959
Memorials:	Mildura Cenotaph

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4376, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4376, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4376, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne
22 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4376, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to sciatica of the left knee

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Son of James Couper and Jean Couper nee McDonald of Glasgow, Scotland

Husband of Annie Eliza Couper of Moriac, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on 7 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal