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Leonard Frank HOPKINS

Regimental number4694
Place of birthNorth Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolCadet Force
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStudent engineer
Addressc/o Mr E J Hopkins, Inverell, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs E J Hopkins, Inverell, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Persia on 10 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 28 October 1918
Place of death or woundingStroud Hospital, Glos, England
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPainswick Cemetery (Grave No. 1986), Gloucestershire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward adn Elizabeth HOPKINS, 11 Falcon Street, Crows Nest, New South Wales
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917

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