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POPE, Francis John
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 5399, 5397 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5399, Reinforcements WW1, Adelaide, SA | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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