Ronald John HOOPER

HOOPER, Ronald John

Service Numbers: 414447, 414447
Enlisted: 15 September 1941
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Cooroy, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1922
Home Town: Tewantin, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: (Aircraft accident, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 20 July 1942, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Tewantin Cemetery, Qld
Grave 143, Tewantin Cemetery, Tewantin, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Lucia King's College WW2 Roll of Honour, Tewantin War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 414447
15 Sep 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414447
Date unknown: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 414447

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Leading Aircraftman Hooper was 19 and the son of William and Beatrice Anne Hooper, of Tewantin.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Ronald John Hooper 414447 and LAC Cecil Germain 414373 of Number 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin were killed in the loss of Wirraway A20-221 15 miles east of Deniliquin, NSW