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Dick FOPP

Regimental number3818
Date of birth6 July 1885
Place of birthTanunda, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationAccountant
AddressBlumberg, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 10.25"
Weight194 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Wilhelmina Fopp, 59 Fourth Avenue, St Peters, South Australia
Previous military serviceMember for 6 months, Blumberg Rifle Club; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date18 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 22 November 1919
Discharge date1 April 1920
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3878 Pte Con Emil FOPP, 3rd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 20 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded, 20 July 1916, at Pozieres, France; invalided to Brighton, England; recovered and returned to duty, November 1916.

Married Dorothy HAYWARD, spinster, aged 22, The Parish Church of Newport, Devon, 26 March 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Orsova', 22 November 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Adelaide, 1 April 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death18 October 1934
Age at death50
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia

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