Jack Dawson (John) HOOPER

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Service Number:	SX8310
Enlisted:	8 July 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron
Born:	Kooringa, South Australia, 4 March 1922
Home Town:	Mount Bryan, South Australia
Schooling:	Petherton Primary School & Burra High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk/Farmer
Died:	Natural causes, Esperance, Western Australia, 11 February 1999, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Esperance Public Lawn Cemetery, Pink Lake, Western Australia
Memorials:	Hallett Sub Branch R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Hallett War Memorial, Mount Bryan and District Roll of Honour WW2

8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX8310, Army Training Units
12 May 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, SX8310, No. 1 Independent Company, Australia's Northern Periphery
12 May 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, SX8310, No. 1 Independent Company, Australia's Northern Periphery
9 Jun 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX8310, No. 1 Independent Company, Australia's Northern Periphery, Appointed per svc record
22 Oct 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron, per service record entry
26 May 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX8310, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
26 Mar 1945:	Discharged Sergeant, SX8310, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron

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