In Memory Of

COPPARD, JOHN ROBERT

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1892-11-06
Service No:
 4779
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 5th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-06-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Kangata
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 3. J. 11.
Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tanzania
Additional Information
Son of William James and Margaret Mary Coppard, of Constitution Rd., Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Woodstock, Cape Colony. A coachbuilder, Locomotive Works, Uitenhage. His brother also died in service. Commemoration stone in Uitenhage (Jubilee Park) Cemetery