Cedric Popkin

Cedric Popkin
Group portrait of the officers and NCOs of the 24th Machine Gun Company in March 1918. Sergeant Popkin is second from the right in the middle row.
Birth name	Cedric Bassett Popkin
Born	(1890-06-20)June 20, 1890 Sydney, Australia
Died	January 26, 1968(1968-01-26) (aged 77) Tweed Heads, Australia
Buried	Mt. Thompson Memorial Gardens, Brisbane, Australia 27°31′32.9″S 153°04′39.9″E / 27.525806°S 153.077750°E / -27.525806; 153.077750
Allegiance	Australia
Service	Australian Army
Years of service	1916–1919
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	24th Machine Gun Company
Battles	First World War German Spring Offensive (WIA)
Awards	Victory Medal
Other work	Carpenter, postmaster

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