Charles Manfred Rope

Forenames

Charles Manfred AWMM

Surname

Rope AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/432 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

18 Nov 1889 Military Personnel file

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre Aug 1915 AWMM Pukeatua, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs E.M. Rope (mother), Te Kopuru, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/432 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 14 Aug 1914 Military Personnel file
Age  24 AWMM
School teacher/Civilian Military Personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• 8 Aug 1915 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Reported wounded Dardanelles AWMM
• 8 Aug 1915 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Admitted ANZAC with Bullet Wound Right (BWR) leg, transferred to ship AWMM
• 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Admitted Malta AWMM
• 9 Oct 1915 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Recovered and attached to strength from Malta AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
  Rafa, Egypt AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5 foot 10 inches AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  154 pounds AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Death

9 Jan 1917 Military Personnel file
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM F. 47 AWMM

Memorial name

• Pukeatua War Memorial Church and obelisk, Pukeatua, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20807660
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Pukeatua War Memorial Church and obelisk
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/pukeatua-war-memorial-church
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1163
  Further Reference
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, NZ. Wilson & Horton.
  http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-424459.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/475364/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/475364
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 629
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.