Fred Bertram Hopping (1899 - 1916)

Born 15 Mar 1899 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 3 Jul 1916 at age 17 in The Somme, France

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Bertram Hopping is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Bertram Hopping was Killed in Action during World War I.

Fred Bertram was born in 1899. He was the son of Charles Hopping and Mary Philps. ^[1]. He passed away in 1916^[2]. He had lied about his age in order to enlist for World War 1 with his brothers, so his age at death was recorded as 21, even though he was 17 when he was killed

Bertram Hopping (service number 23/786) despite his tender age served in the Army during World War 1. He was a Private in the Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion He gave his next of kin as Charles Hopping (father), of Campbell Street, Feilding. He embarked 9 October 1915 from Wellington,aboard HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 , the vessels Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo He enlisted as a Rifleman in C Company of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion . He was Killed in Action, 3 July 1916 at the Somme, Northern France and is buried at the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, in Armentieres, France (Grave ref I. F. 42) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Birth registration 1899/5982
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1918/62408
3. ↑ Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum