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THORPE, Joseph Prentice

Personal Details

Service Numbers:	645, 102, 8581
Enlisted:	16 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Kent Town, South Australia, 10 April 1882
Home Town:	Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police Officer
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 23 April 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Grevillers British Cemetery
Memorials:	Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Treasurer and Chief Secretary Roll of Honour, Adelaide Treasurer and Chief Secretary Roll of Honour, Adelaide Treasurer and Chief Secretary WW1 Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Thebarton S.A. Police Roll of Honor Supreme Sacrifice, Thebarton S.A. Police Roll of Honor WW1

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Service History

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 645, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 102, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8581, Adelaide, South Australia
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 8581, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 8581, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
22 Apr 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 8581, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8581 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-04-22

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• AWM - Boer War Nominal Roll - 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
• AWM - Boer War Nominal Roll - 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
• AWM - Embarkation Roll
• AWM - Roll of Honour
• NAA - Attestation Paper and Service Record
• National Archives of Australia - B2455, THORPE JOSEPH PRENTICE - AIF
• Trove digitised newspaper article - Biography
• Trove - THE LATE GUNNER J. P. THORPE
• Trove - The War

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