Soldier profiles
Name : COPP, WALLACE
Service Number : 240092 (NX70257)
Date of Birth : 17/08/1914
Place of Birth : KOGARAH, NSW
Known as : WALLY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 19/08/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BELLEVUE HILL, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : COPP, ADA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : B COMPANY 2.I.C.
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : WAS 2/1 PIONEERS, WAS DETACHED TO 4TH DIVISION
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 13/11/1946
Date Died : 23/08/1981
Age at Death : 67
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 30107682 [DIGITISED], Barcode 6247681 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 29/08/1981, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 12/1981 p2
Background : Passed away after a long illness.
