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JOINS THE RANKS. OFFICER ENLISTS AS A PRIVATE. TIMARU, May! 18. The Defence Department, being unable to find place for him, as an officer, Lieut. R. S. P. Hopkins, whojbaa been a Group Officer here for some time, left to-day to* go into camp as a private He was to have gone as a lieutenant of the sths, but a sever© illness prevented him. Being young and single and seeing that married men were going to camp he thought it was bis duty to get there, therefore he enlisted. He was very popular with military men and received several presentations. His relatives live in Chrjstchurch.
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Grey River Argus, 20 May 1918, Page 4
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