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HOPKINS, Gerald Voss
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Glamorgan, Wales, UK, 14 April 1867 |
Home Town: | Queenscliff, Victoria |
Schooling: | Swansea Grammar School, Wales, UK |
Occupation: | Mining Engineer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, Officers for Field Company Engineers, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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16 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Officers for Field Company Engineers, Sydney, NSW | |
30 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Mining Corps, Sydney, NSW | |
20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
29 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, France | |
13 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, Belgium | |
24 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, France | |
9 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), France | |
19 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Appointment terminated (over age). |
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