Sydney Herbert De Hochpied LARPENT

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LARPENT, Sydney Herbert De Hochpied

Service Numbers:	V328652, V30130, VX46310
Enlisted:	4 October 1937
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cudgee, Victoria, Australia, 16 December 1914
Home Town:	Cudgee, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Muar River, Malaya, 22 January 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial -Column 129.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Warragul War Memorial

Non Warlike Service

4 Oct 1937:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Post WW1), V328652, 52nd Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement
28 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), V30130
24 Jul 1940:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V30130, 15th Infantry Battalion, 3 AIF Depot Shepparton, Victoria
25 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), VX46310
22 Jan 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX46310, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Sydney Herbert De Hochpied LARPENT was born in Cudgee, Victoria on 16th December, 1914

His parents were Lionel Herbert LARPENT & Catherine Jane COX who married in Victoria on 29th January, 1914 - his parents names are incorrect on some of his war records

He was Killed in Action at the Muar River in Malaya on 22nd January, 1942 - no known grave

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His father Lionel Herbert LARPENT served during the Boer War (SN 1346) with the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

Two of his brothers also served in WW2

1. Lionel Egmont LARPENT (SN VX1359) discharged in 1945 Sapper with 2/2 Field Company

2. Francis Gerhard LARPENT (SN VX14770) discharged in 1945 - 2/2 Field Company

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