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George Philip Poppleton

1885-1978

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1695

About

Born in Australia

31 December 1885
Parent

Mother

Alice Poppleton
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Painter

Employer

New Zealand Government
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • National Reserve

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 92

    25 July 1978

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 33/0093729, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “George Philip Poppleton (1885-1978)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/692

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