BORN HULL 1894. SON OF LEWIS JAMES KOPLIK (1852-1922) & HARRETT GAUNT (1856-1943), OF 8 QUEENS COURT, SCOTT SQUARE, HUMBER STREET, HULL, 4, BRUNSWICK GROVE, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL AND 11 WILTON STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A FACTORY HAND AT FENNERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/1258, EYR, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 45148, 2ND SOUTH WALES BORDERES. KILLED IN ACTION, AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 16/08/1917, AGED 23.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE BRUNSWICK STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/08/1917.
HIS BROTHER LEWIS SERVED IN THE EYR. HIS BROTHER CHARLES KOPLIK FOUGHT FOR THE CANADIANS.
| Name | Arthur Koplik |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1894 |
| Death Date | 16 Aug 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | South Wales Borderers |
| Battalion | 2nd Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 45148 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 13/1258, East Yorks Regt |
