0 comment 2 Obits previous By 7 April, when his company commander Sgt Phee was declared missing in action, Cedric was promoted to Sergeant. . With his father away most of the time, controlling young Cedric was not an easy task and he was soon in trouble with the law. The Courier - Mail, Feb 15, 2015, pp. An older sister Gladys Lilian also served in WW1, as an Australian army nurse. AWM E01716 Group portrait of officers and NCOs of 24th Machine Gun Company date 8 March 1918 in France. 1 gunner and proceeded to where the Plane fell. The Baron was hit by a 0.303 calibre bullet which passed diagonally from right to left through his chest. WebCedric Bassett Popkin (1891January 1968) is considered the person most likely to have killed German ace Manfred von Richthofen also known as the "Red Baron" on 21 April 1918. He bled freely after he hit the ground from the wounds in his chest.The British Plane which was being chased, did not fire at the German Plane when they were both low down and within range of any gun.I am quite satisfied that the Plane was brought down as the result of the fire from my gun."(Sgd.) Cedric, Service No 424, was originally assigned to the 6th Machine Gun Reinforcements as a private on 20 June, then to the 7th Machine Gun Company on 4 August 1916 when he embarked in Melbourne on the Port Lincoln. St. Andrew and admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley where his right leg was amputated. I immediately got my gun into action and waited for our own plane to pass me, as the planes were close together, and there was a risk of hitting both. "If the bullet had struck von Richthofen at close range, I would have expected a more explosive type wound," Peter Franks, a ballistics expert, told NOVA . On 20 June 1890 Cedric Bassett Popkin was born , followed by Dorothy in 1892 (in Queanbeyan NSW) and another boy Roland G in 1894 at Marrickville in Sydney. Therefore it is impossible to conduct ballisctics tests. Despite this, the attending surgeons at Richthofen's autopsy were of the opinion that the angle and nature of the bullet wounds ruled out the possibility that he had been shot from the ground, and that the injuries were due to the efforts of a Canadian pilot Roy Brown. sucesos de las islas filipinas was written by 26 stycznia 1968 w ) australijski onierz walczcy podczas I wojny wiatowej, ktry najprawdopodobniej zabi Private Popkin was appointed Acting Corporal with the 24th Machine Gun Company on 30 August 1917 and proceeded to France with his Unit on 7 September. Manfred von Richthofen Born in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia on 20 Jun 1890 to Dan William Bassett POPKIN and lillian m unknown. The story is told in the following section. WebWilly John "Snowstain" Evans (c. 18911925) was a Lewis machine gunner in the Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) during World War I. Unsolved History, produced by Discovery Channel credited him with firing the shot that killed Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), near Vaux-sur-Somme, France on 21 April 1918. and Bar, Royal Air Force, The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of Bars to the Distinguished Service Cross to the undermentioned Officers late of the Royal Naval Air Service:. 1 gunner and proceeded to where the plane fell. And in my heart I cursed the force that is devoted to death. Running to the wreckage, Fowler saw bullet wounds in Richthofen's chest, and was convinced he had been killed by the gunners. On 3 March 1918 he was promoted to Training Sergeant and in April to Sergeant when Sergeant McPhee went missing in action7. Description: The Australian website dedicated to researching WW1 Diggers and nurses who came from or were associated "Because of the nature of the ammunition and how it performs within body tissue, we can determine in these circumstances at what approximate range the shot was fired. It is now considered all but certain by historians, doctors, and ballistics experts that von Richthofen was killed by an AA machine gunner firing from the ground, for a number of reasons. AWM E01716 Group portrait of officers and NCOs of 24th Machine Gun Company date 8 March 1918 in France. There Lilian Popkin, Cedric's mother, died in 1902 when Cedric was 12 years old . The Red Baron broke away to the right. This message was posted before February 2018. Cheers.InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:47, 1 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply].