Joseph Henry Hopper

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of George William and Mary Hopkins; husband of Esther Hopper, of Howeside, Pitsea Road, Pitsea. Born at Gravesend.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Joseph had suffered chronic gastritis since serving at Gallipoli and had been hospitalised several times. Evacuated to the UK and the NZ General Hospital at Walton-on Thames, he was eventually discharged in July 1917, as "permanently unfit for military service" - the reasons given were gastritis and senility ( He was 53 at the time of his discharge, although it states 51 on the medical record). The medical record states that the condition was worsened by his service.

His service record ends at that point- his actual cause of his death is unknown and he does not appear in the official Roll of Honour, published in 1924.

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Casualty

Service Number:

12/1991

Name:

Joseph Henry Hopper

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

NZEF, Auckland Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Not known

Date of Death:

27 June 1918

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Woolwich Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

11. 333.

Cemetery Location:

United Kingdom