Thomas Frank HOPE

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HOPE, Thomas Frank

Service Number:	453
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellington, New Zealand, 1882
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 40
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 453, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
5 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. Later reduced to rank of Corporal on 20 December 1914 for "Obtaining leave under false pretences".
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 453, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 453, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 453, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 453 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-08

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

453 Corporal (Cpl) Thomas Frank Hope, 14th Battalion was a 32 year old seaman with previous service as a First Class Gunner in the Royal Marines and in the Boer War with Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts prior to enlisting in the AIF on 16 September 1914.

He embarked for overseas service as a Corporal with D Company from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 22 December 1914.

Cpl Hope was killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915 during the attack on Hill 971 and is commemorated on the Line Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey with others who have no known grave.

Source: AWM & Robert Wight

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