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HOOPER, Guy

Service Number:	282
Enlisted:	22 October 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Kapunda, South Australia, 18 January 1896
Home Town:	Kapunda, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Pulteney Street School
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 August 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot 3 Row B Grave 2,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Savings Bank of South Australia Honour Roll WW1, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grange Public School Roll of Honor, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens WW1 Plaque, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument, Unley South Park Bowling Club Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 282, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Adelaide, South Australia
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 282, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 282, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
16 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 282, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 282 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-16

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Biography

Son of Richard Levitt Lauder HOOPER and Juliet nee FERGUSON