HOLPEN, Fred Ernest
| Service Number: | 54 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hemmant, Queensland, Australia, 16 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Clontarf, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 1 November 1953, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brookfield Historical Cemetery & Memorial Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland Plot: A-COE-9-8 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 54, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 54, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney | |
| 14 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 54, 2nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Frederick Ernest Holpen was born 16 Jan 1881 in Brisbane, Queensland, a son to Worthy Holpen and Sarah Ann Holpen (nee Ball). He married Euphemia Agnes Craig on 12 Apr 1906.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and then again in WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 352 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 678 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Third service was as a Private S.N. 54 in the 2nd Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486 & 519; National Archives Australia Boer War Service Dossier (1st service) and WW1 service record).