"Bill" Herbert William COPE
Born 1897 in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of Herbert COPE and Ruth WHITBREAD [54]
Grew up in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia and after leaving school worked as a Naval Draughtsman [P306]
In 1915 was working as a draughtsman and living with his parents at Swan Street in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia [30]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 December 1915 [30: item 3416132]
He had previously served as a Lieutenant in the Senior Cadets for four years and the Citizen Forces for six months [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighed 9 stone 2 lbs., and had blue eyes, fair hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his father Herbert COPE, whose address at the time was Swan Street in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia [30]
After training at Broadmeadows he was appointed on 12 January 1916 to the 9th Reinforcements of the 24th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916 [30]
After further training in England proceeded to France on 20 March 1916 [30]
Private 3799 in the Australian Imperial Force's 24th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
On 27 July 1916 he was Wounded in Action in France, and was hospitalised for a gunshot wound to his right shoulder [30]
He was evacuated from Calais, France to England for further treatment on the hospital ship Newhaven on 12 August 1916 [30]
Embarked Portland, England on the H.T. Wiltshire and disembarked in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 31 December 1916 [30]
Owing to his injuries and at his request he was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 4 May 1917 [30]
Received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, and from 5 May 1917 received a fortnightly pension of £2 [30]
Following his discharge he resumed living at Swan Street in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia [30]
Due to his damaged shoulder he couldn't work as he had before so attended Dookie Agricultural College in central Victoria [P306]
Along with two other men he left Victoria and shifted to Western Australia [P306]
The three of them took up land up north in Western Australia which they named Ningaloo Station [P306]
Prior to getting married he sold out his share in the station [P306]
Married Eileen Armida Carey DAVIES on 30 September 1924 in Perth, Western Australia [P306]
Farmer in Kellerberrin 1924-1926 [P306]
Believed to have gone bankrupt and left Kellerberrin by car for Carnamah with his wife and daughter [P306]
His father-in-law Henry C. DAVIES purchased 4,078 acres of virgin land east of Carnamah on 1 March 1926 and 23 April 1926 [27]
The 4,078 acres was Lot M1627 of Victoria Location 2023, and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The land cost 8/6 per acre or a total of £1733/3/-, which after the deposit was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Farmer in Carnamah, Western Australia 1927-1929 [19]
Appears to have farmed his father-in-law's land near Carnamah under the partnership of "Cope & Davies" [4: 26-Jan-1929] [53]
Cope & Davies had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son 1927-1928 [53]
They grew 600 acres of crop in 1927 [9: 29-Jul-1927]
He did 200 chains of road work in Carnamah for the Carnamah District Road Board in November 1928 [4: 1-Dec-1928]
It was reported in January 1929 that "Messrs Cope & Davies of Carnamah" had gone east for a holiday [4: 26-Jan-1929]
He had to give up farming due to his war injuries [P195], and the farm was sold to F. W. G. LIEBE on 8 March 1929 [27]
By 1930 was living at 49 Balmoral Street in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [6]
He managed a farm in Serpentine for a short period and then successfully studied to become a Quarantine Officer [P306]
Quarantine Officer in Albany and later, after being transferred, at Customs in Fremantle [P306]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Father of Pamela, Bettine, Lynette, Peter and John [P306]
Died 30 March 1964; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Herbert William Cope' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/herbert-william-cope [reference list] |
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