Detail of one of the two Australian soldiers catching up on paperwork - WW1

            Written on reverse:
Joe with sincere good wishes from Perc Copp
30/6/19

One of these two men could be Percy John COPP  #6284 but he was in the 17th Battalion and the colour patch shown here is not that of the 17th.

Details for Percy John Copp:
Place of birth- Paddington,  New South Wales
Religion-  Presbyterian
Occupation - Mechanical optician
Address - Randwick, New South Wales
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 25
Next of kin - Father, E Copp, Church Street, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date - 24 October 1916
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 17th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/34/4
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 17th Battalion
Fate - Returned to Australia 7 July 1919
Date of death - 7 July 1960
Place of burial - Macquarie Park Cemetery

   

Taken on: November 19, 2023

Tags:

aussiemob

vintage

soldier

ww1

army

military

paperwork

headquarters

1919 « less

Sets appears in: • World War 1 (1914 - 1918) - album one

Stats: 299 views / 1 comment

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder