THORPE, John
| Service Number: | 473 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at Panel 57 , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 473, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 473, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Help us honour John Thorpe's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William and Jane Thorpe of 31 Dura Street, Dundee, Scotland. Police report states the parents had been separated for about 25 years and hinted that his father's character left a lot to be desired and lived in a lodging house at 42 Obergate, Dundee
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Australian Infantry 16th Battalion.
Date of enlistment: 24.09.1914
Place of enlistment: Helena Vale, W.A.
He was 36
Siblings: James, Joseph & Mary.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.
John was the brother of Trimmer James Thorpe, H.MS. Stephen Furness, Mercantile Marine Reserve, who was killed in action 13.12.1917 when his ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German Submarine.
Both men are remembered on a family Gravemarker in Dundee’s Eastern Cemetery with the surname of “THOBE” although all official records record them as “THORPE”
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