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HOOPER, Ernest Gilbert
| Service Number: | 4296 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardner |
| Memorials: | Kersbrook Roll of Honor, Kersbrook School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4296, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4296, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 4296, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Ernest Gilbert Hooper
Name: Ernest Gilbert Hooper
Service Number: 4296
Parents: William Hooper and Susan Hooper (nee Stephenson)
Place of Birth: Spring Gully / Kersbrook
Date of Birth: 21 August 1885
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 2 October 1916
Age at Enlistment: 31 years 1 month
Marital Status: Single
Next of Kin: Father, William Hooper
Occupation: Gardener
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private 32nd Battalion
Memorials: Kersbrook Roll of Honor
Ernest trained at Mitcham with the 2nd Depot Battalion and then was attached to 11 / 32nd Infantry Battalion on 16 October 1916. The unit embarked HMAT A19 Afric from Adelaide on 7 November, disembarking at Plymouth, England on 9 January 1917. During the journey, Ernest was hospitalised with bronchitis. The 32nd were sent from Folkestone to France on 5 April. Ernest served with the 8th Training Battalion at Hurdcott. Another bout of bronchitis on 7 May led to a month in hospital at Camiers, France before he rejoined his unit on 10 June.
While in action with the 32nd at Villers Bretonneux on 29 April 1918, Ernest suffered severe burns to his back and cheek during a gas shell attack, necessitating being invalided and admitted to Reading War Hospital in England on 12 May. On 3 June he was sent to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, then to Brigade Hospital, Hurdcott, where he was treated for the gas wound and an ulcered foot and toe.
Ernest was appointed temporary Corporal on 1 May 1919. He returned to Australia on Konigin Luise on 2 February 1920 and was discharged on 19 March.
Ernest was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Ernest Hooper died at Fullarton, Adelaide on 24 December,1951. The following death notice appeared in The Advertiser 26 December 1951: “The friends of the late Mr. Ernest Gilbert Hooper are respectfully informed that his funeral will leave his late residence, “Lark Hill”, Kersbrook, today (Wednesday) at 3pm for the Kersbrook Cemetery.”
Source: www.naa; B2455; Hooper.E.G. Barcode 5833698. www.trove.nla.gov/digitised newspapers. Photo courtesy of www.findagrave
Submitted 5 September 2023 by christopher collins
Ernest Gilbert Hobby
Name: Ernest Gilbert Hooper
Service Number: 4296
Parents: William Hooper and Susan Hooper (nee Stephenson)
Place of Birth: Spring Gully / Kersbrook
Date of Birth: 21 August 1885
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 2 October 1916
Age at Enlistment: 31 years 1 month
Marital Status: Single
Next of Kin: Father, William Hooper
Occupation: Gardener
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private 32nd Battalion
Memorials: Kersbrook Roll of Honor
Ernest trained at Mitcham with the 2nd Depot Battalion and then was attached to 11 / 32nd Infantry Battalion on 16 October 1916. The unit embarked HMAT A19 Afric from Adelaide on 7 November, disembarking at Plymouth, England on 9 January 1917. During the journey, Ernest was hospitalised with bronchitis. The 32nd were sent from Folkestone to France on 5 April. Ernest served with the 8th Training Battalion at Hurdcott. Another bout of bronchitis on 7 May led to a month in hospital at Camiers, France before he rejoined his unit on 10 June.
While in action with the 32nd at Villers Bretonneux on 29 April 1918, Ernest suffered severe burns to his back and cheek during a gas shell attack, necessitating being invalided and admitted to Reading War Hospital in England on 12 May. On 3 June he was sent to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, then to Brigade Hospital, Hurdcott, where he was treated for the gas wound and an ulcered foot and toe.
Ernest was appointed temporary Corporal on 1 May 1919. He returned to Australia on Konigin Luise on 2 February 1920 and was discharged on 19 March.
Ernest was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Ernest Hooper died at Fullarton, Adelaide on 24 December,1951. The following death notice appeared in The Advertiser 26 December 1951: “The friends of the late Mr. Ernest Gilbert Hooper are respectfully informed that his funeral will leave his late residence, “Lark Hill”, Kersbrook, today (Wednesday) at 3pm for the Kersbrook Cemetery.”
Source: www.naa; B2455; Hooper.E.G. Barcode 5833698. www.trove.nla.gov/digitised newspapers. Photo courtesy of www.findagrave
Submitted 5 September 2023 by christopher collins
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