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HOPPING, Benjamin Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4194 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia, 4 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant / Clerk |
| Died: | Illness - Tuberculosis, Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, 27 December 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Methodist, Section 3B, Row 4 |
| Memorials: | Five Dock War Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4194, Depot Battalion (AIF), Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4194, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from -- 4th Infantry Battalion -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt | |
| 15 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked -- Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Ivernia" | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked -- Marseilles, France | |
| 5 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 12th Casualty Clearing Station — Pleurisy -- France | |
| 23 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- 17th Hospital Train -- France | |
| 23 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 26th General Hospital — Pluero-Pneum (Pleuropneumonia) -- Etaples, France | |
| 28 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked -- Etaples for England per H.S. "Brighton" | |
| 29 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 4th Northern General Hospital (4th N.G.H.) -- Pneumonia -- Lincoln, England | |
| 21 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- Tuberculosis -- Harefield, England | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged from Hospital -- London, England | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, No. 2 Australian Command Depot (AIF), Transferred -- Admitted -- Tuberculosis for R.T.A. -- Weymouth, England | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked -- Portland, England for Australia per H.S. "Marathon" | |
| 24 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked -- Sydney, Australia | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4194, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharge from service -- Medically Unfit (Tuberculosis) -- 2nd M.D. Sydney, New South Wales |
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