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COPE, Clifford
| Service Number: | 2244 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 28 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Invalided back to Australia; spent 12 months in Keswick Repatriation Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Keswick Repatriation Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia., 5 June 1946, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
Magill General Cemetery, South Australia Magill General Cemetery Magill, Campbelltown City, South Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Magill Honour Board, Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2244, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2244, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Clifford Cope, was born January 28, 1896, Norwood, South Australia, his service number was 2244. He had served in 10th Battalion first infantry in Gallipoli, units were raised for the Australian Imperial Force. The 10th battalion infantry served as part of the all-volunteer Australian Imperial Force during World War I. They were heavily involved in establishing and defending the front line of the ANZAC position, Anzac soldiers in Gallipoli had served there until the evacuation in December.
After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the 10th Battalion returned to Egypt and, in March 1916, sailed for France and the Western Front. Cope Clifford had a foot injury fwith an extremely severe case of infection. Sadly, his foot injury got really bad to the point he got sent back to Adelaide.. There he got treated and spent many more months in Keswick Repatriation Hospital.
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