David Lewin Hopper (1893 - 1969)

Born 11 Feb 1893 in Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Lily Fredrica Hermina (Geertz) Hopper — married 6 Jul 1918 in Queensland, Australia

Died 31 Mar 1969 at age 76 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

David was born at Coachin in the births district of Fassifern in the Colony of Queensland. In his early years he trained in the trades of Plumbing and Timber House Construction. At the age of twenty-two he enlisted in the Fifth Light Horse Regiment of the First AIF. He served firstly in Palestine against the Turks, followed by action in France against the Germans. He was three times wounded and was to suffer greatly from these in later life. Upon his return to Australia he joined the Queensland railways, becoming an engine driver of Steam Locomotives. He later converted to diesel and operated the first Rail-Motor in Far North Queensland. Similarly to his brother Benjamin, the strain imposed on the men of the North in maintaining rail services, demanded by the heavy traffic volume of the Armed Services during the 1939-1945 War, destroyed his physical health, which together with his wounds, caused his death in the Repatriation General Hospital, Greenslopes in 1969.

QLD BDM Records

David Lewin Hopper Event date: 11/02/1893 Event type: Birth registration QLD Birth Registration details: 1893/C/4417 Mother: Sarah Christina Woolley Father/parent: David Hopper

David Lewin Hopper Event date: 06/07/1918 Event type: Marriage registration QLD Marriage Registration details: 1918/C/2026 Spouse: Lily Frederica Hermina Geertz

David Lewin Hopper Event date: 31/03/1969 Event type: Death registration QLD Death Registration details: 1969/B/4803 Mother: Sarah Christina Woolley Father/parent: David Hopper

Sources

https://www.kirchneryoungtreeoflife.bndon.com/geertz/geertz_desc.htm