Cedric Bassett Popkin (1890 - 1968)

Born 20 Jun 1890 in Sydney, New South Wales

Died 26 Jan 1968 at age 77 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales

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Biography

Cedric Popkin is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Cedric Bassett Popkin (Born 20 June 1890, died 26 January 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.
Popkin was an anti-aircraft (AA) machine gunner with the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF), during World War I^[1]

Cedric Bassett Popkin was born 20 June, 1890.^[2] He was the son of Welsh immigrant Dan William Bassett Popkin and Lilian Martha Gilbert.

In 1891 the family were living in Bombala, New South Wales. ^[3]

He married Nellie Ellen Bull in Queensland in 1913.^[4]

He died 26 January 1968.^[5]

People – WarTree

Other people who were thought to have shot down the Red Baron:^[6]

• Edward David Smout OAM (1898 - 2004)
• Maurice George Travers MC (1881 - 1946)

Research Notes

• Baptist Sunday School. (1900) Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915). Mentions four Popkin children, including a Cedric, in their Sunday classes^[7]
• "Porthcawl's link to the Red Baron" has notes about his family members, including brother Roland Gilbert Popkin who died in WWI.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Cedric Popkin
2. ↑ bdm.nsw.gov NSW Births Registration
   Name | Number | Father's Given Name(s) | Mother's Given Name(s) | District |
   Popkin Cedric B | 32243/1890 | Dan W B | Lillian M | Sy Leonards |
3. ↑ NSW Census 1891 - D W B Popkins "Australia, New South Wales, Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch : 16 March 2018 D W B Popkins, 1891; citing Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, Household ID 21, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney; FHL microfilm 942,043.
   Event Type Census | Event Date 1891
   Event Place Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
4. ↑ Queensland historical marriages
   Year | Reg# | First name(s) | Last name | First name(s) | Last name |
   1913 | B13100 | Nellie Ellen | Bull | Cedric Basset | Popkin
5. ↑ bdm.nsw.gov NSW Deaths Registration
   Name | Number | Father's Given Name(s) | Mother's Given Name(s) | District |
   Popkin Cedric Bassett | 17996/1968 | William | Martha | Tweed Heads|
6. ↑ WHO SHOT DOWN RICHTHOFEN? (1934, August 11). Smith's Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1919 - 1950), p. 6. Retrieved August 19, 2019
7. ↑ BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. (1900, December 8). Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), p. 4. Retrieved May 26, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61257024
8. ↑ Porthcawl's link to the Red Baron. Porthcawl and the Great War website

• POPKIN, Cedric Bassett. Virtual War Memorial Australia website.
• Marciniak, Catherine (2018, Apr 21). NSW town claims local World War I hero Cedric Popkin brought down German air ace. Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/did-cedric-popkin-of-tyalgum-kill-the-red-baron/9682198
• Photo: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-21/cedric-popkin/9682290
• NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. of "POPKIN BROS." of Tyalgum Carriers