HOTCHIN, David Pimpernell
| Service Numbers: | N/A, VX43981 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, 4th Depot Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Auburn South, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter & Painter |
| Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 7 March 1945, aged 53 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan War Memorial, Malaysia Panel 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, N/A, Depot Battalion , 4th Depot Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, N/A, Depot Battalion , Discharged as medically unfit No. 2 Company, 4th Depot Battalion, Seymour, Victoria |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX43981 | |
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| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX43981, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 29 Mar 1943: | Imprisoned |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
David Leo Pimpernell HOTCHIN was born on 23rd June, 1891 in Hawthorn, Victoria
His parents were David Webb HOTCHIN & Jessie Maria BROWN who married in 1890
He married Margaret Ellen TULLY on 12th July, 1915 in Hawthorn - two known children, Jean & David.
Prior to enlisting in WW1 he served in the Victorian Rifles for 3 years & 8 months as a Corporal.
He served during WW1 in the No. 2 Company of the 4th Depot Battalion in Seymour, Victoria and was discharged as medically unfit and re-enlisted to serve during WW2 - he was taken as a prisoner of war on 29th March, 1943.
David died of Illness whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Borneo on 7th March, 1945 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Labuan War Memorial
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