Vernon HOPEWELL

Regimental number18801
OccupationPlanter
Next of kinMother, Mrs C H Hopewell, Levuka, Fiji
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 59 Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialPont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 11), La Gorgue, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Horace and Minnie Hopewell, Levuka, Fiji
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 4

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