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Life Summary

Name	John Pope
Born	15 March, 1897 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Died	12 August, 1917 (aged 20) Wytschaete Ridge, Belgium
Cause of Death	killed in action
Occupation or Descriptor *	bank employee (1914-1915) Queensland, Australia soldier (1917-1917) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier, 1915-1917) 47th Battalion (soldier, 1915-1917)
Workplaces *	Bank of New South Wales (employee, 1914-1915)

* Dates are approximate