Robert Grossmith HOPKINS

Regimental number10/471
Date of birth5 August 1888
Place of birthCambridge, England
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationSalesman
AddressBox 50, Feilding
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 10"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinB G Hopkins, 12 West Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, England
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Isle of Wight Rifles, Volunteer Force, England; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unit7th Wellington West Coast Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs R.G. Hopkins, 1 Rosehill Terrace, Drake Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Admitted to Egyptian Army Hospital, Cairo, 5 December 1914 (ingrowing toenails, right foot, and influenza); discharged, 26 December 1914.

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 352 days (of which 320 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 18049705