Robert Edward Soper

Male 1897 - 1980  (83 years)


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  • Name Robert Edward Soper 
    Born 18 Jan 1897  Garston, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 13 Oct 1917 
    • FULL NAME Robert Edward Soper
      WAR World War I, 1914-1918
      SERIAL NO. 59067
      FIRST KNOWN RANK Private
      OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT Bushman
      NEXT OF KIN T. Soper (father), Five Rivers, New Zealand
      BODY ON EMBARKATION New Zealand Expeditionary Force
      EMBARKATION UNIT 30th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
      EMBARKATION DATE 13 October 1917
      PLACE OF EMBARKATION Wellington, New Zealand
      TRANSPORT HMNZT 93
      VESSEL Corinthic
      DESTINATION Liverpool, England
      NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER 72
      PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL 15
      ARCHIVES NZ SOURCE Military personnel file
      SOURCES USED Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
      Source Auckland War Museum Cenotaph Database
    Died 01 Mar 1980  Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I15084  Frost Family
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2014 

    Father Thomas William Soper,   b. 18 Oct 1861, Garston, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1924, Garston, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Janet Bell Gibson,   b. Abt 1872,   d. 18 Apr 1944, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married Abt 1885  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F16084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Muriel Tuffley,   b. 05 Feb 1909, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1994, Southland Hospital, Kew, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married Abt 1925  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2011 
    Family ID F14014  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1925 - New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 01 Mar 1980 - Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1897/3599 (Reliability: 3), 18 Jan 1897.
      Soper Robert Edward; Mother Janet Bell; Father Thomas William

    2. [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1980/30506 (Reliability: 2).
      Soper Robert Edward born 18 November 1897

    3. [S83] Cemetery Records, Southland District Council (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1925/3874 (Reliability: 3).
      Muriel Tuffley
      Robert Edward Soper