Albert Roy POPE

POPE, Albert Roy

Service Numbers: 523, 7517
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
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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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
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)

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Biography 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