Topic: AIF - 2B - 7 LHR
7th LHR, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Offord William Duprez
Offord William Duprez
Service number: 934
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 7th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 20 September 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: DUPREZ, Tpr. Offord William, 934. 7th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 20th Sept., 1916. Age 19. Son of William Alexander and Johanna Duprex, of the Police Station, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Native of Coolamon, New South Wales. D. 19.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Offord William Duprez from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 934 |
| School | Superior Public Schools, Coolamon, Junee, Adelong and Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Railway employee |
| Address | Police Station, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 18 |
| Next of kin | W A Duprez, Police Station, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 18 January 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A58 Kabinga on 21 May 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds 20 September 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Bir el Mazar |
| Age at death | 19.9 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 19), Egypt. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Alexander and Johanna DUPREZ, Police Station, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Native of Coolamon, New South Wales |
| Family/military connections | Brother to Lieut Arthur Alexander Duprez MC. |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Bir el Mazar, Sinai, 17 September 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 7th LHR, Roll of Honour, Offord William Duprez
