Ernest Curtis Hopkins Image

Name

Ernest Curtis Hopkins

Born

1915-04-21

Birth Place

Hamilton, ON

Occupation

Truck driver

Religion

Baptist

Died

1944-08-08

Death Place

France

Death

Killed in Action

Awards

1939-1946 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp

Monument

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

A/33068

Highest Rank

Bombardier

Conflict

Battalion

Royal Canadian Artillery

Company

97th Battery

Enlisted

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1939-09-11


Service Record 2


Regimental Number

A/33068

Highest Rank

Bombardier

Conflict

Battalion

Royal Canadian Artillery

Company

7 Medium Regiment



Artefacts, Photographs & Resources

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Notes

Son of Henry and Ruth Hopkins; husband of Irene Dorothy Hopkins, of Kincardine, Ontario.




Sources & Links

- Bruce County Genealogical Society Surname Collection;
- LAC Personnel File (Ancestry.com)
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial



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