Sgt.
William
Rufus
Pope
Born in Carbon, Alberta, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Cecil Colin Pope
and Gretchen (Bailey) Pope
Brother of
Elizabeth E. (Pope) Morse and Colin Clifford Pope
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 28
in Knowloon, Hong Kong
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2018
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Biography
Sgt. William Pope served for in World War II
Service started: Aug 1940
Unit(s): 1st. Battalion Royal Rifles
Service ended:
Service started: Aug 1940
Unit(s): 1st. Battalion Royal Rifles
Service ended:
Sgt. William Pope was a Prisoner of War during World War II.
Sgt. William Pope died in Service during World War II.
William was born in 1915 in Carbon, Alberta. He was the son of Cecil Pope and Gretchen Bailey. By 1921, he lived on the family farm at 21-29-22 W4, near Carbon, Alberta. [1]
Sergeant William (Bill) Rufus (Sgt. E-29819) 1st Battalion Royal Rifles of Canada, Company "C" Captured 30 Dec., 1941 Fort Stanley, Hong Kong and made P.O.W. 30 Dec., 1941 - Sept. 26, 1942 Camp North Point, Hong Kong Island 26 Sept., 1942 - Sept. 16, 1943 Shamshuipo Camp, Knowloon, Hong Kong He died here. The cause of death was Anaemia. His grave marker is V111.E.10. in the Sai Wan War Cemetery He passed away in 1943. [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1921 Census of Canada, Carbon, Bow River, Alberta, page 13, digital image; indexed by Ancestry, 2013, citing Library and Archives Canada, RG 31; Folder Number: 3
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Almon Pope.
- Sergeant William Rufus Pope (1915-1943) on Find A Grave: Memorial #15217696 retrieved 26 July 2019
- https://www.hkvca.ca/cforcedata/indivreport/indivdetailed.php?regtno=E29819
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Almon Pope
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Categories: Carbon, Alberta | Anemia | Sai Wan War Cemetery, Chai Wan, Hong Kong | Prisoners of War, Canada, World War II | Battle of Hong Kong | C Force, Hong Kong, 1941 | The Royal Rifles of Canada | Sham Shui Po, Japanese POW Camp | North Point, Japanese POW Camp | Stanley, Japanese POW Camp | Niigata, Japanese POW Camp | Canada, World War II | Died while Prisoner of War, Canada, World War II