John Ludwig Bepper

Born 25.08.1895    Place Riga, Latvia    Ethnic origin Latvian/Scottish    Religion Lutheran

Father Bepper, Arthur Thomas      Mother of Scottish origin

Arrived at Australia

Residence before enlistment Moonan Flat via Scone, NSW

Occupation 1916 bush worker, 1920 painter and decorator

Service

service number 13   enlisted 9.02.1916 POE West Maitland, NSW

unit 34th Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1916-1919      casualties WIA 1917 (twice)

final fate RTA 18.12.1919       discharged 31.03.1920

Naturalisation 1920

Residence after the war Crows Nest, Sydney

Wife Maud Bepper (née Hardman), married in 1919 in England

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

digitised musical work 'Our Harbour Bridge' (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

John Bepper was a ‘bush-worker’ from Moonan Flat, near Tamworth in New South Wales, when he enlisted; he was wounded in both arms on the Western Front. Following that, he trained as painter and decorator in England and subsequently settled in Sydney with his English wife. In 1932 he wrote a song called ‘Our Harbour Bridge’ — a hymn to the Australian people:

From North to South it links the soil.
The massive Bridge o’er water blue;
It’s manly toil that links that soil
O Sydney Bridge we’re proud of you

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