Thomas Alexander ROPER

Regimental number59396
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressPyrmont, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 6"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M. Roper, 113 Bowman Street, Pyrmont, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for military service due to defective vision)
Enlistment date13 May 1918
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameNew South Wales Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th General Service Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 11 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialWoltmade Cemetery (Cemetery 4, Block I, Grave No. 132B), Cape Town, South Africa
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Mary ROPER, 56 Point Pyrmont, Pyrmont, New South Wales
Other details

War service: South Africa.

Embarked Sydney, 17 July 1918; disembarked Cape Town, 22 August 1918, and admitted to No 7 General Hospital, Woodstock, the same day (primary syphilis).

Died No 7 General Hospital, 1815 hours, 11 October 1918 (post influenza pneumonia).

Buried Woltemade Cemetery No 4 by Captain Chaplain T.W. Oakes, 13 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, ROPER Thomas Alexander