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John William HOPKINSON

Regimental number1100
Place of birthBradford, Yorkshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia35
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTelephone construction foreman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinF.W. Hopkinson, 101 Ventnor Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Previous military serviceServed with Kitcheners fighting scouts, Boer War.
Enlistment date9 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 2, Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/12/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on 4 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Divisional Signal Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWas in Cape Colony 15 years until leaving to enlist in the Australian Forces. Was a member of the Masonic Lodge "Star of Africa".
FateDied of wounds 16 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 21), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Mary HOPKINSON, 3 Clifton Place, Shipley, Yorks, England. Native of Bradford, Yorks, England

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