{"id":2098,"date":"2018-07-20T08:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T00:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/?page_id=2098"},"modified":"2023-08-17T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T03:38:34","slug":"hopkins-james","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/?page_id=2098","title":{"rendered":"HOPKINS James"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date of Enlistment<\/td>\n25\/02\/1915<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birthplace<\/td>\nCurimbah, New South Wales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Next of kin<\/td>\nMother, Mrs J Hopkins, 606 Beaufort Street, Perth, Western Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/td>\nShell opener, pearling clerk, bushman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age on Enlistment<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rank<\/td>\nPrivate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unit<\/td>\n28th Battalion, A Company<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fate<\/td>\nRTA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date of Fate Event<\/td>\n22\/12\/1918<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Returned to Broome post WWI<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Information<\/td>\nGave Broome as home address on attestation paper
\nAppears on RSL Honour Roll
\nMentioned in Despatches:
\n‘As a scout, scout Sergeant and latterly as a scout Officer he has done most valuable work and shown an absolute disregard of personal safety.’
\nAwarded, and promulgated, ‘London Gazette’, second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); ‘Commonwealth Gazette’ No. 169 (4 October 1917).
\nRecommendation date: 3 March 1917
\nAwarded Militay Medal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[su_quote cite=”North West Echo, 22nd August 1916″]Letter from A Davies: Jim Hopkins and I are the battalion scouts; it’s a queer job – we crawl about ‘ no-man’s-land ‘ at night, and see that Fritz doesn’t spring any surprises on our front. In some parts here the German trenches are only 50 yards away, and often messages are thrown over in dummy bombs, such as their ‘ North Sea victory\u2019. [\/su_quote]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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