Jack Richard HOOPER

HOOPER, Jack Richard

    Service Number: 736
    Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 2 May 1892
    Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: University College, North Adelaide, Aouth Australia
    Occupation: Bank Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 38, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral WW1 Honour Roll, Unley South Park Bowling Club Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 736, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 736, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 736, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Richard Livett Lander Hooper and Juliet Hooper nee Fergusson of North Terrace, Adelaide, SA later of Broken Hill, NSW.

    Brother of Lettice Ethel Hooper, Ethel Fergusson Hooper, Guy Hooper who was killed in action on 16 August 1917 while serving with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade and Dorothy Shylie Hooper,

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medaal, Victory Medal

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