POPE, John Gladstone
| Service Number: | 324 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Roseberry, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Harden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Narrabri West Public Schoo, Narrabri West, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 26 May 1915, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 111, Row E, Grave 15 Chaplain G. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: Sacred to memory rest in peace. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Harden WW1 Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 324, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Roseberry, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 324, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 324, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 26 May 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 324, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 324 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Laurence Pope and Catherine Pope of 165 Beaumont Street, Hamilton, NSW. Previously of 'Woollahra' Edgecliff Road, Sydney, NSW. Brother of Cecil B. Pope, adeline Pope and Helena May Pope
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
ohn Gladstone POPE (Service Number 324) was born on 10th July 1887 at Woollahra. His career with the NSW Railways began in the Traffic Branch at Narrabri when he was a probationer from 14th May 1903. In September 1904 he became a junior porter but resigned in 1907. He did not return to railway employment until January 1914 when his job description is ‘operator’ in the Electrical Branch. He was a telegraph opeator. In May 1914 he relocated to Harden and was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 17th August 1914, immediately on the outbreak of the war.
Pope enlisted at Rosebery Park on 25th August. He gave his father living a Hamilton as his next of kin. He also claimed two weeks service with the 11th Light Horse! Allotted to the No. 1 Light Horse Regiment he embarked HMAT ‘Star of Victoria’ at Sydney on 20th October 1914. He embarked from Egypt for the Dardanelles in early April 1915.
He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 26th May 1915 and buried in the New Monash Cemetery, on 27th May 1915, the Rev G Green officiating. The name of the cemetery was later changed to Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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