Robert James Couper

Second Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John Frederick Couper and of Bertha Gertrude Couper (nee Greenwood), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number:

1927

Name:

Robert James Couper

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mr John Frederick Couper, C/o Post Office, Pukehou, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Edenham, Private Bag, Havelock North, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Shepherd

Unit:

New Zealand Artillery, 6 Field Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

15 July 1942

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

05 January 1940

Destination:

Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Alamein Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Column 99.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt