Arthur (Jock) KLOPP

KLOPP, Arthur

    Service Number: 1291
    Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Alberton, South Australia, 6 February 1890
    Home Town: Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
    Schooling: Glanville Public School, South Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 10 August 1915, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1291, Melbourne, Victoria
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
    10 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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    Biography

    "THE LATE PRIVATE KLOPP.

    Private A. Klopp, of the 16th Battalion, who was killed in action on August 10 at the Dardanelles, was the third son of Mr. W. F. Klopp, Semaphore. He was 25 years of age, and well-known to Portonians as an amateur boxer and bicycle rider." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 02 Oct 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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