Regimental number | 4050 |
Place of birth | Melthorpe, New South Australia |
School | State School |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Wilmott, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Wm Hooper, Wilmott, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 47th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Somme, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Derry House Cemetery No. 2 (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 2), Wytschaete, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 143 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Elizabeth HOOPER, Smithton, Tasmania |