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CPL Mathew Hopkins

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CPL Mathew Hopkins Veteran

Birth
Death
16 Mar 2009 (aged 21)
Tarin Kowt, Tarin Kwot District, Oruzgan, Afghanistan
Burial
Ryhope, Lake Macquarie City, New South Wales, Australia GPS-Latitude: -32.9928598, Longitude: 151.5238333
Memorial ID
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Rank : Corporal

Age at Date of Death : 21 years

Service : Army

Unit : Royal Australian Infantry

Regiment : 7 Battalion

Mission : Operation Slipper

Country : Afghanistan

Cause of Death : Small arms gun shot wound obtained while under hostile fire during patrol with A.N.A.


Memorial at The Australian War Memorial


Memorial at The NSW Garden of Remembrance


Also commemorated at the Afghanistan Avenue of Honour, Yungaburra Qld

Rank : Corporal

Age at Date of Death : 21 years

Service : Army

Unit : Royal Australian Infantry

Regiment : 7 Battalion

Mission : Operation Slipper

Country : Afghanistan

Cause of Death : Small arms gun shot wound obtained while under hostile fire during patrol with A.N.A.


Memorial at The Australian War Memorial


Memorial at The NSW Garden of Remembrance


Also commemorated at the Afghanistan Avenue of Honour, Yungaburra Qld


Inscription

The Australian Army. Corporal


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  • Created by: MrCG
  • Added: Dec 27, 2022
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247808057/mathew-hopkins: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Mathew Hopkins (27 Jun 1987–16 Mar 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 247808057, citing Lake Macquarie Memorial Park, Ryhope, Lake Macquarie City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by MrCG (contributor 49524149).