Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Hare Street, Kapunda, South Australia |
School | Le Fevre Peninsula School, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Prince Street, Alberton, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 8.75" |
Weight | 148 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, James Hooper, Prince Street, Alberton, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years in 77th Bn, Senior Cadets; 13 months in 76th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces (8 months as OC, E Company). |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'Took great interest in Y.M.C.A. work and was a member of Bible classes.' |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Date of death incorrectly recorded on Nominal Roll as 27 May 1915. |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 20.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery (Row E, Grave No 14), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 59 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Louisa HOOPER, 'St Clair', Prince Street, Alberton, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal In reply to formal notification of his son being granted a temporary appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the regular Forces of the British Army, his father replied, 2 September 1918: 'I must than His Majesty Our Gracious King for his very thoughtful act in bestowing the above mentioned Commission on my dear boy who said he would die a Britisher.' |