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William Spottiswoode Hopkirk

  • Service number
    Korea 31349 AWMM
  • Also known as
    William Spottiswood Hopkirk AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM
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William Hopkirk

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Spottiswoode AWMM
  • Surname
    Hopkirk AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Spottiswood Hopkirk AWMM
  • Service number
    Korea 31349 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Served with 13 Company AA Regiment, the School of Artillery and 15 Company AA Battery, Godley heads, Christchurch

    Served in Korea 1953-53 with 16 Field Regiment as GPO, CPO Troop Commander and Adjutant

    Husband of Una; father of Kate, Jamie, Jane.

    Graduate of Duntroon

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    23 November 2008 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The New Zealand Gunner 2008 Issue 140

    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 27 November 2008 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. New Zealand History online
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • The New Zealand gunner: Official journal of The Royal New Zealand Artillery Old Comrades Association Inc.. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Permanent Force Old Comrades Association. AWMM
      Death Notice: The New Zealand Gunner 2008 Issue 140 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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