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John Desmond Couper

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    John Desmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Couper AWMM
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    40528 AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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    22 June 2013 AWMM
    Age 72 AWMM
    Wairoa, Hawkes Bay AWMM
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  • John Desmond Couper was married to Margret Jean Habgood they had 3 kids the eldest being Tracy Couper the middle child being Peter Couper and the youngest being Cathrine Couper in total John and Margret have 8 grand kids together 2 from Tracy, Jared and Courtney Ribbon. 3 from Peter, Ethan Matthew and Lincoln Couper and then 3 from Cathrine, Conway, Fletcher and Ruby John lived in Wairoa Hawkes Bay of New Zealand he is buried at the Wairoa Cemetery
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    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM
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