Regimental number | 44603 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Rapaura, Blenheim |
School | Marlborough High School |
Occupation | Clerk |
Next of kin | Father, F W Soper, Willow Glen, Rapaura, Marlborough |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 28th Reinforcements (First Draft), F Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 89 Waitemata on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Other details | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Blenheim Branch, 5 April 1911; transferred to Gloucester, New South Wales, Branch (as Assistant), 30 May 1914; to Newcastle, New South Wales, Branch, 6 September 1915. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of burial | Euston Road Cemetery (Plot V, Row G, Grave No 5), Colincamps, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mr & Mrs F.W. Soper, Willow Glen, Rapaura, Marlborough |
Family/military connections | Brother: 38318 William Henry SOPER |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 12 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 366. |