Reuben POPE

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Service Number:	2720
Enlisted:	3 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Barker, South Australia, 8 October 1891
Home Town:	Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Mount Barker Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor, Mount Barker War Memorial

3 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2720, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2720, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide

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