Richard Horace (Dick) POPE

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POPE, Richard Horace

Service Number:	SX3383
Enlisted:	23 May 1940
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Field Regiment
Born:	Woodville, South Australia,, 14 February 1919
Home Town:	Franklin Island, Victor Harbor, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Egypt, 1 November 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery, Marsa Matruh, Egypt PLOT. III. E. 24.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

23 May 1940:	Involvement Bombardier, SX3383
23 May 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
23 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, SX3383, 2nd/7th Field Regiment
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Anthony Ralston

Richard Horace was born on 14 February 1919 in Woodville, South Australia, Australia. To Horace and Hilda POPE. He had one older brother. Richard enlisted in the Australian Army on 20th May 1940 and was placed into 2/7 FIELD REGIMENT after basic training he was shipped out overseas he obtained the rank of Bombardier. Richard died on 1 November 1942 in Egypt at the age of 23, and was buried there.

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