Claude Eric Couper

Forenames

Claude Eric AWMM

Surname

Couper AWMM

Service number

WWI 10560 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

30 May 1894 Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

WW1 Owhango, King Country AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 D.M. Couper (father), Maharahara, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10560 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 or HMNZT 53 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia or Navua AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM 12th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Artillery, No. 3 Field Battery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

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

Next of Kin: Mr D. M. Couper, Waimoe, Otane, H. B. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

30 Mar 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria AWMM C. 80. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Wayside Cross, Morero Terrace, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand.
  Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 4 November 2020 - research
• His name is included on the Kaitieke War Memorial cenotaph
  Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 13 June 2018 - Research

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21898018
  Further Reference
• Woodville Pioneer Museum, 1079 McLean Street, Woodville
  http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3100
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/897157/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/897157
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 11
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.