| Regimental number | 12/2253 |
| Address | Waerenga |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Father, D Couper, 6 Le Cren Street, Timaru |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on |
| The 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 24 'Maunganui', HMNZT 25 'Tahiti', and HMNZT 26 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Final rank | Corporal |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mr and Mrs D Couper, 6 Le Cren Street, Timaru |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fifth |