Regimental number | 3013 |
Place of birth | Port Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Port Melbourne State School, Victoria |
Other training | Working Mens College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Compositor |
Address | 5 Longmore Street, St Kilda, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, W L Hope, 5 Longmore Street, St Kilda, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Cpl Hope was a Signaller and at the time of his death was sending urgent messages from Captain A.E.G. Campbell to Lieut Col. G Langley. Captain Campbell wrote stating that Cpl Hope left him btravely and cheerfully with these messages, the rifle and shell fire being awful at the time. This soldiers name is on the Port Melbourne School Roll of Honour. A tree was planted in his memory in the Honor Avenue, North Road, Caulfield, Victoria." Details from Wife. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gaza, Palestine |
Age at death | 25.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | No Known Grave |
Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 10 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Emma HOPE; husband of Francis HOPE, "Monival", 3 Park Avenue, Glenhuntly, Victoria. Native of Port Melbourne, Victoria |