Second Lieutenant

Vivian Phelps Hopkins

Conflict: 
WW1
References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

Vivian was one of ten brothers, another died at Gallipoli (Lone Pine). Many of the others served in WW1 and survived, including my father Geoffrey Phelps Hopkins (Medical Corp).

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
23/785
Name:
Vivian Phelps Hopkins
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
A.P. Hopkins (father), Manager, Belfast Freezing-works, Belfast, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
158 North Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
21 March 1918
Day of Death:
Thursday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XV. D. 11.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Vivian Phelps Hopkins
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