HOOPER, Ashby Arthur William
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Royal Field Artillery |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Edgarley School, Toorak College, Melbourne Grammar School, Geelong College |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Natural Causes - Fall, Kew East, Victoria, Australia, 25 March 1982, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria C/E A 0069 |
| Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Captain, Royal Field Artillery |
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Son of Arthur Frederick HOOPER and Fannie Madeline Elma HOOPER nee DEMPSTER
Husband of Lydia Tempest HOOPER nee RICH
Ashby served during the First World War with the British Royal Field Artillery and he was Mentioned in Dispatches in 1917 and awarded a Military Cross (MC) while serving in Italy.
Military Cross (MC) notified in the London Gazette 3rd June 1918 Page 6496.
Captain. A. A. W. HOOPER, M.C.— Mr. A. F. Hooper, of Goldsbrough Mort and Co. has received advice by cable that his son, Ashby A. W. Hooper, has been promoted to the rank of captain in the Royal Field Artillery. Captain Hooper has been serving in France since June, 1915, and was last month awarded the Military
Cross.
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