James David POPE

POPE, James David

    Service Number: 2016
    Enlisted: 21 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Company
    Born: Bowral, New South Wales, July 1896
    Home Town: Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
    Schooling: Bowral District Public School
    Occupation: Stone mason
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2016, Liverpool, New South Wales
    10 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2016, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    10 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2016, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2016, 1st Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2016 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...2016 Corporal James David Pope, 1st Machine Gun Company. A stone mason prior to enlisting on 26 January 1915, Cpl Pope was initially promoted to the rank of Sergeant during training, but reverted to Private when he joined his unit on 21 July 1915. Cpl Pope was killed in action in France on 20 July 1916." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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