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Arthur Pierson HOOPER

Regimental number4050
Place of birthMelthorpe, New South Australia
SchoolState School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBank clerk
AddressWilmott, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Wm Hooper, Wilmott, Tasmania
Enlistment date1 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 August 1917
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDerry 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

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