Francis John POPE

POPE, Francis John

Service Numbers: 5399, 5397
Enlisted: 31 March 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: Tunnelling Companies
Born: Cornwall, England, 1873
Home Town: Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: At his Residence, 3 Buchannan Street, Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia, 4 January 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia
Section TA, Path 2, Site 92
Memorials: Nailsworth Prospect Salvation Army Memorial Organ and Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board
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World War 1 Service

31 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5399, Reinforcements WW1, Adelaide, SA
20 Sep 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5399, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
20 Sep 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5399, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
30 Sep 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5399, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
30 Sep 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5399, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
Date unknown: Wounded 5397

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Peter POPE and Caroline Victoria POPE nee TRELOAR

Arrived in South Australia aboard the vessel 'Durham' on 14th Mary 1879 with his parents and siblings

Husband of Katherine POPE, 64 Ballville Street, Prospect, SA