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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
November 11, 1912
Québec City, Québec
Enlistment:
September 6, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B, F,-215.
Additional information
Son of Edger William and Margaret G. Pope. Husband of Mary St. George Pope, of Victoria, British Columbia.
The province of British Columbia honoured Major Pope by naming Pope Island in his honour.
Digital gallery of Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
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Newspaper Clippling
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clippling
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clippling
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Group Photo
Lt.Col. Crowe and Major Pope checking a map outside Piazza Armerina. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail August 11, 1943 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator August 11, 1943 -
Grave Marker
Gravesite of Maj JHW Pope The RCR -
Newspaper Clippling
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria Daily Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
Digital gallery of
Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
Digital gallery of
Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
Digital gallery of
Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
Digital gallery of
Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
Digital gallery of
Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
Digital gallery of
Major John Henry William Taschereau Pope
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 204 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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