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HOPKINS, Harrap William
(Service number 7/730)

Trooper H W Hopkins — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Aliases	Horap on Cenotaph Database & NZ Defence Force Personnel Records
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	25/01/1889	Place of Birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date	20 October 1914	Age	25 yrs 8 mths
Address at Enlistment	Waihimomona, Geraldine, South Canterbury
Occupation	Engine driver
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Kathleen HOPKINS, Waihimomona, Geraldine, South Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 ft 51/4 in. Weight 133 lb. Chest 33-36 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair black. Sight, hearing - good. Colour-vision correct. Limbs, chest well formed. Full movement of limbs. Heart, lungs - normal. Teeth - fair. Free from hernia, variocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No vaccination mark. Good bodily & mental health; no physical defects.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

D.S.O. - presented January 1918, for bravery in the field.

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	3 August 1915	Age	26 yrs
Place of Death	Military Hospital, Cairo, Egypt (Egyptian Army Hospital, Pont-de-Koubbeh)
Cause	Died of disease (septic throat)
Notices	Timaru Herald, 10 August 1915
Memorial or Cemetery	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference	M 55
New Zealand Memorials	Memorial wall, Timaru; Gapes Valley & Beautiful Valley War Memorial (W. Hopkins); Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Joseph Samuel & Kathleen Agatha HOPKINS, of Waihimomona, Geraldine. Attended several schools in Christchurch. Brother Leslie Garey HOPKINS was killed in action in 1917.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [21 December 2013]; CWGC [21 December 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0056541) [05 February 2014]; Timaru Herald, 10 August 1915, 25 August 1915, 4 September 1918, 12 October 1918, 19 January 1918, 29 May 1920 (Papers Past) [21 & 22 December 2013, 2 February 2014]

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