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George CUPIT

Regimental number857
Place of birthDeniliquin, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCook
AddressDeniliquin, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hannah Cupit, Wood Street, Deniliquin, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 April 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death30.9
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 7), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Deniliquin Cemetery, New South Wales. Parents: George (d. 16 May 1911; bu. Deniliquin) and Hannah CUPIT (d. 23 August 1933, aged 33; bu. Deniliquin), Wood Street, Deniliquin
Family/military connectionsBrother: 858 Pte Hugh CUPIT, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, killed in action, 4 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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