| Place of Birth |
| Malvern, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank |
- Private
- Second Lieutenant
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| Occupation before Enlistment |
- Unknown occupation
- Surveyor
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| Next of Kin |
- W.T. Popple (father), Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand
- W.T. Popple (father), Springfield, New Zealand
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| Enlistment Address |
| Thackeray Street, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation |
- Main Body
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force
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| Embarkation Unit |
- Auckland Infantry Battalion
- 35th Reinforcements B Company
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| Embarkation Date |
- 16 October 1914
- 2 March 1918
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| Place of Embarkation |
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
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| Vessel |
- Star of India or Waimana
- Tofua
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| Destination |
- Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914)
- Southampton, England
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| Nominal Roll Footnotes |
| Ex 1st Battalion N.Z.R.B. |
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| Other Units |
| B Company, 35th Reinforcements |
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| Wounds and Diseases |
- Wounded in chest and thigh at Gallipoli.
- Wounded in foot in France.
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| Place of Death |
| Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| Biographical Notes |
- Son of William Terrington Popple (1841-1926) and Mary Ann Leigh (1848-1927).
- Attended the Annat school, Malvern.
- George succeeded his father as Tawera's clerk in 1920. He was selected from three applicants and was paid 300 pounds a year. He received the Malvern engineer's job in 1925 but continued as Tawera's clerk on a reduced salary of 150 pounds plus 50 pounds travel allowance. He resigned this position 30 April 1939 to become a full time clerk-engineer at Malvern.
- His promotion to Second Lieutenant occurred 10 October 1918.
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| Sources Used |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1919
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