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Henry HOPPER

Regimental number4653
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address260 Wellington Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.25"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr H Hopper, 260 Wellington Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.

Transferred to 57th Bn, 26 March 1916; taken on strength, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Transferred to 60th Bn, 3 April 1916.

Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 24 April 1916 (carbuncle); discharged to duty, 29 April 1916, and rejoined Bn, Duntroon Plateau.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 1370209: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HOPPER Henry
Red Cross File No 1370209

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