Temporary Lieutenant Colonel William Charles Copperthwaite

Service number 3, V159807
Ranks Held Acting Warrant Officer Class 1, Orderly Room Sergeant, Private, Warrant Officer Class 1, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1892-05-06
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Williamstown
Death Date 1943-03-18
Death Place Australia
Final Rank Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • GHQ 3rd Ech
  • 2nd Echelon LHQ
  • Australian Section, 3rd Echelon General Headquarters
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1920-01-23
Published in London Gazette in 1919-12-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-04-01
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-03-25
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    GHQ 3rd Ech
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Warrant Officer Class 1
    London Gazette
    15 December 1919 on page 15583 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    25 March 1920 on page 393 at position 22
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    GHQ 3rd Ech
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Warrant Officer Class 1
    London Gazette
    01 January 1918 on page 76 at position 10
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 848 at position 62
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    GHQ 3rd Ech
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Acting Warrant Officer Class 1
    London Gazette
    23 January 1920 on page 964 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    01 April 1920 on page 546 at position 20
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    Australian Section, 3rd Echelon General Headquarters
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private
  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    2nd Echelon LHQ
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Orderly Room Sergeant

Timeline

Date of birth 06 May 1892
Date of enlistment 17 August 1914
Date of embarkation 19 October 1914
Date returned to Australia 28 September 1919
Date of death 18 March 1943