Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women Australia Incorporated

Founding Member General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD

Popper

Surname
Popper
First names
Harry
Rank
Private
Service No.
6027174
Date of Death
15/04/1944
Hebrew Date
22 Nisan 5704
Hebrew Date
כ״ב בְּנִיסָן תש״ד
Age at Death
31
How Died
Killed In Action
Where Died
Cemetery
Kohima War Cemetery, India
Service Details
Essex Regiment, 1 Battalion
Served
Occupation
Age at Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Locality on Enlistment
Religion
Jewish
Gender
Male
Date of Enlistment
Date of Discharge
Country of Enlistment
England
Notes
The Japanese advance into India was halted at Kohima in April 1944 and Garrison Hill, a long wooded spur on a high ridge west of the village, was the scene of perhaps the most bitter fighting of the whole Burma campaign when a small Commonwealth force held out against repeated attacks by a Japanese Division. The fiercest hand to hand fighting took place in the garden of the Deputy Commissioner's bungalow, around the tennis court, but the heaviest casualties on both sides occurred after relieving forces reached the Garrison and the Japanese were driven off the ridge, so re-opening the road to Imphal.
 
 
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