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Claude Orlando HOPE

Regimental number738
Place of birthStratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationValet
Address132 Brougham Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 8.5"
Weight141 lbs
Next of kinMrs J T Hope, Stratford on Avon, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 September 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board TRANSPORT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 June 1916
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date7 September 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Plymouth, England, for return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 24 June 1916; discharged (medically unfit: rheumatism), Sydney, 7 September 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 July 1966
SourcesNAA: B2455, HOPE Claude Orlando

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