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COPE, Thomas Edward
| Service Number: | 833 |
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| 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) Road 2 |
| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 833, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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