Trooper

Claude Eric Couper

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Donald McLean Couper and Rachel Gordon Couper, of Hawke's Bay; husband of Mrs. D. M. Couper, of "Waimoe," Otane, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/wellington-mounted-rifles/1918 30th March: First Raid on Amman: 30th – The Auckland Mounted Rifles, Canterbury Mounted Rifles and two troops of the WMR attack Point ... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10560
Name:
Claude Eric Couper
Name variation:
CLAUDE ERIE
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
D.M. Couper (father), Maharahara, Dannevirke, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Sheep farmer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Wellington Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
30 March 1918
Day of Death:
Saturday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
06 May 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 52
HMNZT 53
Vessel:
Mokoia or Navua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
C. 80.
Cemetery Location: 
Syria
Claude Eric Couper
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