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Soldier profiles
Name : HOPKINS, ROBERT CLIVE
Service Number : NX3714
Date of Birth : 23/03/1907
Place of Birth : RYLSTONE, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 23/10/1939
Locality on Enlistment : MOSMAN, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : HOPKINS, EDITH
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : SIGNAL PLATOON (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : DAMOUR (SYRIA), TJAMPEA (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 23/05/1946
Date Died : 15/06/1991
Age at Death : 84
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : Mentioned in Despatches (2/2 Pioneer Battalion). London Gazette 30/12/1941, page 7360, position 31
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0042 Missing & POW Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4833760 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1028236 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_030390/12.jpg, Past article (size 233kB)
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