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KUPFER, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2591 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, Warwick, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lengthsman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Tree Plaque: |
Roma Heroes Avenue
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Roma Cenotaph, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board, Yelarbon Roll of Honour, Yelarbon War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Warwick, Qld. | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2591, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2591, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Ernest and Sarah KUPFER, Greenwood Farm, Yingerbay, Queensland
KUPFER.—Killed in action, 4th October, 1917, at Ypres, France, Pte. Ernest Kupfer, 42nd Battalion.
Our Ernie is sleeping among the Australians true,
Sleep on, dear son, some day we will come to you.
(Inserted by his loving mother, father, sisters, and brothers.)