Lyle George HOPPER

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Service Number:	439
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Broadmeadows
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Majorca, Victoria, Australia, July 1893
Home Town:	Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 439, 18th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 439, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 439, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 439, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
5 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 439, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 439 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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