Regimental number | 282 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Pultiney Street School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Richard Levett Lauder Hooper, National Bank, Kapunda, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A10 Karroo on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 22 |
Place of burial | Reninghelst New Military Cemetery (Plot III, row 5, Grave No. II), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Richard and Juliet HOOPER. Native of Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: Jack Richard Hooper, 13th Battalion. Killed at Gallipoli on 28th april, 1915. |