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Personal data Stephen Norman Hopkins 

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Household of Stephen Norman Hopkins

He had a relationship with Eunice Emily Laing.


Child(ren):

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The couple were divorced from 1962 at New Zealand.


Notes about Stephen Norman Hopkins

Stephen served in World War Two in the New Zealand Army in the North Africa and Italy campaigns. He served as an ammo truck driver (80% causality in N.Africa) so this was a very dangerous job. He never mention this aspect of his service and this only came out at the funeral when the RSL read out his record. They also told the story of how he had an Italian prisoner try to surrender in the desert. As he had no way to take a prisoner and had to get ammo to the front line ASAP he simply kill the man by driving over him saving him dying a slow death of dehydration in the desert (while this may shock us today - it didn't shock any of the vets and often these realities of war are hidden from the general public). Steve had mental issues for the rest of his life. He would seldom speak seriously about the war, but on one occasion he told me how he and a close friend were walking in the countryside at Monte Casino when his friend simply blew up. They had wandered into a mine field and he had to wait 1 1/2 hours for the sappers to get him out while he sat with what remained of his friend. It is easy to understand why he lived his later life alone in a small Mount Eden flat and had mental health issues.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Stephen Norman Hopkins

Herbert Hopkins
1846-1936
Martha Anne "Annie" Newman
1856-1928

Stephen Norman Hopkins
1922-1998


Eunice Emily Laing
1912-1996

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  1. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Alistair Harris family tree / Ancestry.ca
  2. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Gencomharris Family Tree. (Owner: alistairharris_1) / Ancestry.ca

Historical events

Birthday February 12, 1922

  • The temperature on February 12, 1922 was between -9.6 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
    • June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
    • August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
    • November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
    • December 6 » One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
    • December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.

Day of death November 3, 1998

  • The temperature on November 3, 1998 was between 6.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 34.5 mm of rain during 14.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
    • January 4 » A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
    • May 4 » A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.
    • July 17 » A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
    • August 20 » The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
    • August 26 » The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite.
    • November 26 » The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.


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