Soldier profiles
Name : TOPE, HARRY EDWARD
Service Number : NX12613
Date of Birth : 12/12/1913
Place of Birth : BENDIGO, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 23/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MATRAVILLE, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : TOPE, ELLENOR
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : MAJOR
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : HEADQUARTERS 7 AUSTRALIAN DIVISION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : O.I.C. HQ COMPANY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : WAS 2/1 PIONEERS
Theatres of War : TOBRUK, NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 31/03/1947
Date Died : 07/11/1961
Age at Death : 47
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : Mentioned in Despatches (2/2 Pioneer Battalion) for exceptional services in the field in New Guinea. London Gazette 08/03/1945, page 1305, position 89. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 15/03/1945, page 651, position 29
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4841228 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1061657 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_089726.jpg
Background : Tobruk veteran. Drowned 07/11/1961.
