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POPE, Albert Roy
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 523, 7517 |
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Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1892 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Metal polisher |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 April 1918, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension I. J. 6. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 523, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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19 Aug 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 523, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
19 Aug 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 523, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
4 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 523, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
1 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7517, Sydney, New South Wales | |
10 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7517, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
10 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7517, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
15 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
11 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Apr 1918: | Wounded Private, 7517, 13th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, GSW (chest) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert Roy POPE was born in Paddington, Sydney in 1892
His parents were Alfred Albert POPE & Mary A.E. SMITH
He married Rosina LOVE in Sydney in 1917