POPE, Charles
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, United Kingdom, 5 March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Navestock, Essex, England |
| Occupation: | Insurance Agent |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Louverval, France, 15 April 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V.D.22. |
| Memorials: | Keith Payne VC Memorial Park, North Bondi War Memorial, North Perth Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Winchelsea WWI Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jul 1916: | Involvement 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Embarked 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
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Pope, Charles (1883–1917)
by John Burridge
Charles Pope, soldier, policeman and insurance agent, was born on 5 March 1883 at Mile End, London, son of William Pope, a constable in the Metropolitan Police, and his wife Jane, née Clark. He was educated at Navestock, Essex, and after migrating to Canada was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railways. In 1906 he returned to London, joined the Metropolitan Police Force, Chelsea division, and on 13 December, at St Luke's Anglican Church, Chelsea, married Edith Mary Smith; they had a son and a daughter. Pope resigned from the police in 1910 and migrated to Australia where he was employed as a furniture salesman with Blain & Co., Beaufort Street, Perth. He then worked on the staff of the Temperance & General Insurance Co., Perth. Before leaving England he had married, and his wife Edith Mary and their son and daughter had accompanied him to Australia.
Pope enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 25 August 1915 and on 10 February 1916 was commissioned second lieutenant from the rank of sergeant in the 11th Battalion (18th Reinforcements). On 15 July he embarked at Fremantle in the transport Ajana and reached England in September. On 10 December he joined the 11th Battalion in France and on 26 December was promoted lieutenant.
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