Charles Henry HOPPEN

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Service Number:	VX54824
Enlisted:	3 May 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia, 5 September 1920
Home Town:	Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 10 June 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot MM. Row A. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...LOVED BY ALL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders & District WW2 War Memorial, Flinders St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, VX54824
3 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX54824, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion

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