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HOOPER, Jack Dawson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX8310 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX8310, Army Training Units | |
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| 10 May 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron, In Training | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX8310, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
| 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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