POPE, William Ernest
| Service Numbers: | 397, S8 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF |
| Born: | Charleston, SA, 12 November 1878 |
| Home Town: | West Croydon, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hindmarsh (Unknown Origin) WW1 Roll of Honour, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1 |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 397, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
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World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Oct 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Jun 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, S8 | |
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| 25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, S8 | |
| 8 Dec 1940: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
In South affica we were issued with one blanket and one waterproof sheet. Our rations consisted of five biscuts, one-eighth pound jame, an a half tin of bully beef. major W Seriven was in command. the regiment consisted of two and a half squadrons - Captain Hipwell was OC "C" Squadron; Captain Jock Watt DSO "D" Squadron; Captain Cudmore, "E" Squadron. Some notable South australian horsemen enlisted. Jim Crawford, George Frankel (both from Skewthorpe's show). Donald Smith from Wellington Lodge. J mcGillivary Mount Gambier, Jack Berry and Arch Davis. Mr Pope converstation reported in Sentry-Go December 1957 p.2