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Samuel George HOPE

Regimental number3756
Place of birthInverell, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressMarshall Street, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 4"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinBrother, E R Hope, Marshall Street, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 August 1915
Place of enlistmentWarwick, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
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FateReturned to Australia 6 June 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Samuel and Eliza Jane HOPE
Discharge date5 September 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 18 October 1917; discharged from hospital, 13 December 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 87 days.

Wounded in action (gassed), 24 March 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Barambah', 6 June 1918; discharged (medically unfit: gas poisoning), Brisbane,5 September 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death31 July 1929
Age at death44
Place of burialToowong Cemetery, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, HOPE Samuel George

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