Ronald Hopkins

rdf:langString Ronald Hopkins

rdf:langString Ronald Hopkins

rdf:langString Ronald Hopkins

rdf:langString Walkerville, Victoria, Australia

rdf:langString Stawell, Victoria, Australia

rdf:langString Australia

rdf:langString Hopkins , with Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey and Brigadier General Clarence A. Martin, at Saidor, January 1944

rdf:langString Major General Ronald Nicholas Lamond Hopkins CBE (24 May 1897 – 24 November 1990) was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He began his military career in 1915 when he entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon as a staff cadet and graduated as a lieutenant in the Permanent Forces in late 1917. Following this, he was deployed overseas and subsequently served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during the First World War. During the inter war years, Hopkins undertook a variety of regimental and staff positions in Australia, India and the United Kingdom. During the Second World War, he was promoted several times, briefly commanding the 7th Division Cavalry Regiment and was deployed to the Middle East before returning to Australia to undertook further staff positions. In this role he played a key role in organising the Australian Armoured Corps before later serving as a liaison officer to American forces taking part in the New Guinea campaign. Following the war, Hopkins commanded the 34th Brigade in Japan, before finishing his career as Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon. In retirement he wrote a comprehensive history of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps before he died in 1990 at the age of 93.