HOOPER, Frederick
| Service Number: | 1358 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
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World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1358, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1358, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 1358, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School
Frederick Hooper was born in Blenheim, New Zealand in 1892. His religion was Church of England, which is a Christian faith.
His occupation was a station hand, which he had been before the war. When e he enlisted he had no stated next of kin but his close friend was Sarah Smith, who also lived in Blenheim.
Before leaving to go to the war he was not married and had no children of his own. Frederick was 22 years old when he embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on the second of February 1915. He enlisted for this on the 27th of November the year before, 1914, at Oaklands in South Australia.
Frederick's rank on this enlistment was private. Frederick was in the 2nd reinforcement in the 10th battalion. A few years later he returned to Australia on the 5th of April 1919.