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HOPKINS, Joseph Raymond
(Service number 67813)

Aliases	Ray
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	10/06/1897	Place of Birth	New Zealand

Enlistment Information

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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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No information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Mechanic, motor driver

Death

Date	22 May 1939	Age	39 yrs
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 41, Plot 839
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Joseph Samuel & Kathleen Agatha (nee GAREY) HOPKINS, of Gapes Valley. Attended Bromley School, Christchurch, & Gapes Valley School. Brother Harrap William HOPKINS died of disease in 1915 & brother Leslie Garey HOPKINS was killed in action in 1917. Married Enid Zoe FOWLER in 1927; son Harrap Douglas HOPKINS, daughter Zoe Constance Catherine HOPKINS. Presented with a wristlet watch at his farewell in Gapes Valley hall in January 1918.

Sources

Timaru Herald, 19 January 1918 (Papers Past) [22 December 2013]; TDC headstone image (Timaru Cemetery) [2 February 2014]

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