COUPER, James Robert
(Service number 12/2253)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 08/08/1885 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waerenga, Waikato | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | D. Couper (father), 6 Le Cren Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Auckland Infantry Battalion | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 5th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 13 June 1915 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 24, Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian 1915-16, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916, Balkans 1915, Western European 1916-1917 | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 October 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in Action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Albury Football Club Roll of Honour; Albury War Memorial; Mackenzie War Memorial, Fairlie, 2016 additions; Chalmers Church Memorial Plaque | ||
Biographical Notes
James was one of seven children born to Duncan and Elizabeth Couper. His siblings were Jessie Jane (1877-1901), William (1878-1918), Alexander Hume (b.1880), Duncan Thomas (1882-1954), Marjorie Lindsay Carmichael (1886-1976), and Henrietta (1888-1942).
James Robert Couper's grand niece recalled "He was my grandfathers brother, the family lived in Albury and my Grandfather (Duncan & Elizabeth Couper) retired to Le Cren street , Timaru ... His sister Henrietta worked as a teacher at Timaru Tech in the '30's." (30 May 2016).
*Note that Cenotaph lists his birth date as 3 August 1885 and his service records give his birth date as 8 August 1885.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (6 June 2016); SCRoll web submission from C Couper, 30 May 2016
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Researched and Written by
Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG; Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum
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