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Francis Edward HOPKINS

Regimental number20253
Place of birthPort Pirie, South Australia
SchoolPort Pirie Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationRailway porter
AddressClifton Street, Cheltenham, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Hopkins, Clifton Street, Cheltenham, South Australia
Previous military service77th Infantry; Served in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date1 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 5 November 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Place of burialSte Marie Cemetery (Division 62, Plot II, row N, Grave No. 5), Le Haavre, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Charlotte HOPKINS, Clifton Street, Cheltenham, South Australia. Native of Port Pirie, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother in law: Pte A.W. Williams, killed in action, 28th June, 1917.

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