Thomas Edward COPE MM

Badge Number: Z9243, Sub Branch: State
Z9243

COPE, Thomas Edward

Service Number: 833
Enlisted: 11 February 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: near Mallala, SA, 19 March 1891
Home Town: Mallala, Mallala, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Adelaide, SA, 31 March 1945, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (General)
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Memorials: Mallala District of Grace WW1 Roll of Honor, Mallala Reeves Plains State School Old Scholars Honour Roll, Mallala Two Wells Pictorial Honour Roll 2, South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

11 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 833, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
9 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 833, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 833, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 833, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick COPE and Emily Rachel nee HALL,  of Mallala, SA

General Birdwood (UK)  on a visit to Adelaide awarded his Military Medal on the 6 March 1920

Military Medal

'On the 12th August, 1918, near PROYART, during operations on the SOMME, this N.C.O.s Company went forward to establish an outpost line during which the enemy put down a heavy barrage of H.E. and gas. On his Platoon Officer becoming a casualty Corporal COPE too command and led his Platoon through the barrage and established the outpost line in spite of heavy enemy opposition and casualties.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61
Date: 23 May 1919

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