HOOPER, Basil John
| Service Number: | 378 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Orbost, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mooroopna, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Row E, Grave 11, No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooroopna War Memorial, North Mooroopna State School & District No. 1612 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 378, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 378, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 378, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Residential address at the time of enlistment was C/- J.H. Alexander of Mooroopna, Victoria
Son of Charles Henry Hooper and Mary Hooper nee Roadknight of Orbost, Victoria
Next of kin given as his brother William Roadknight Hooper of Mooroopna, Victoria who died of wounds on 5 April 1918 while serving with the 46th Battalion. William is buried in the Douellens Communal Cemetery Extension 1; Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 34. Later his sister Katherine Smith nee Hooper of Bairnsdale, Victoria was given as next of kin
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets for about 5 years
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