Percy John COUPAR

Regimental number6929
Place of birthHawthorn Victoria
SchoolSt Alothores Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDraper
AddressTrafalgar, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Coupar, c/o Mrs G Tatterson, Trafalgar, Victoria
Previous military serviceCadets
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 31 December 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Plot VI, Row Q, Grave No. 5), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie COUPAR, "Maiscourt", 102 Riversdale Road, East Camberwell, Victoria