Person:Cedric Popkin (1)
Sgt. Cedric Bassett Popkin
b.1889 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d.1968 Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
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m. 10 Mar 1913
  1. Roland Llewellyn Popkin
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Name[1][2][3] Sgt. Cedric Bassett Popkin
Gender Male
Birth[4] 1889 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alt Birth[6] 1891 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alt Birth[12] 1890 St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage 10 Mar 1913 Queensland, Australiato Nellie Ellen Bull
Military[1][2][3] 1916-1918 Somme, FranceVickers machine gunner, Australian 24th Machine Gun Company, 4th Division
Residence[6] 1937 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Residence[7] 1913 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Residence[8] 1943 Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Death[6][11] 1968 Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Reference Number? Q939280?
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Cedric Bassett Popkin (20 June 189026 January 1968) was an Australian soldier considered most likely to have killed "The Red Baron" according to original research and forensics done by Dr M Geoffrey Miller “The death of Baron Manfred Richthofen: Who fired the fatal shot?” in 1998 (Journal and Proceedings of Military History Society of Australia). Popkin was an anti-aircraft (AA) machine gunner with the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lost Wings of WWI: Downed Airmen on the Western Front 1914-1918.

    By Martin Bowman Pen and Sword, Jun 26, 2014

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Red Baron - The Life and Death of an Ace.

    By Peter Kilduff F+W Media, Inc., Apr 1, 2012 ISBN-13: 9780715333815

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Song of the Rose.

    The Song of the Rose
    By Colin Brown May 28, 2014
    ISBN-13: 978-1783064359

  4. ↑ .

    Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
    Name: Cedric Bassett Popkin
    Gender: Male
    Age: 25
    Birth Year: abt 1889
    Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales
    Dossier Year Range: 1914-1920
    Enlistment Place: Brisbane, Queensland
    Service Number: 424
    Spouse: Nellie Popkin
    Source Citation
    National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920

  5.   .

    Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
    Name: Cedric B Popkin
    Birth Date: 1890
    Birth Place: New South Wales
    Registration Year: 1890
    Registration Place: St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
    Father: Dan W B Popkin
    Mother: Lilian M
    Registration Number: 32243
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 .

    Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
    Name: Cedric Bassett Popkin
    Gender: Male
    Electoral Year: 1937
    Subdistrict: Murwillumbah
    State: New South Wales
    District: Richmond
    Country: Australia
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

  7. ↑ .

    Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
    Name: Cedric Bassett Popkin
    Gender: Male
    Electoral Year: 1913
    Subdistrict: Toowong
    State: Queensland
    District: Brisbane
    Country: Australia
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

  8. ↑ .

    Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
    Name: Cedric Bassett Popkin
    Gender: Male
    Electoral Year: 1943
    Subdistrict: Tweed Heads
    State: New South Wales
    District: Richmond
    Country: Australia

  9.   Australian War Memorial.

    https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1959589/ accessed 6 Apr 2018
    FIRST WORLD WAR EMBARKATION ROLL
    Cedric Bassett Popkin
    Service number 424
    Rank Private
    Roll title 7 Machine Gun Company - 2 to 9 Reinforcements (May-December 1916)
    Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
    Date of Embarkation 20 October 1917
    Place of embarkation Melbourne
    Ship Embarked On HMAT Port Lincoln A17
    age 26
    occupation: carpenter
    married
    of Palmwood, North Coast Line, Queensland
    next of kin wife Mrs. Nelly Popkin, Palmwood, North Coast Line, Queensland
    Church of England
    date of joining 6 May 1916

  10.   .

    Hall, Peter. "TOWN PLANS TO HONOUR AUSSIE CREDITED WITH BRINGING DOWN THE RED BARON Courier Mail Edition]." The Courier - Mail, Feb 15, 2015, pp. 23

    A memorial to Sergeant Cedric Popkin is planned for the hinterland town of Palmwoods.

  11. ↑ New South Wales Government Justice Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages.

    Deaths Search Results
    Name Registration NumberFather's Given Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)District
    POPKIN NELLIE ELLEN 22665/1965 MICHAEL MARY JANE MURWILLUMBAH

    POPKIN CEDRIC BASSETT 17996/1968 WILLIAM MARTHA TWEED HEADS

    POPKIN VEDA LUCY 108827/1986 HERBERT EDWARDKATE

    https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search;jsessionid=901E3F03C8A5501C6F0235B74E31FA81?0 accessed 6 Apr 2018

  12. ↑ New South Wales Government Justice Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages.

    Births Search Results
    Name Registration Number Father's Given Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)District
    POPKIN CEDRIC B 32243/1890 DAN W B LILIAN M ST LEONARDS

    https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/births?1

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