HOOPER, Vincent Harold
| Service Number: | QX3201 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 3 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 24 September 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery DD. B. 16. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX3201, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX3201, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 1 Jul 1940: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX3201, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Brisbane per HMTZ | |
| 26 Dec 1940: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX3201, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Sydney NSW for Middle East | |
| 28 Jul 1943: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX3201, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairns QLD per Van Heutz for Milne Bay | |
| 24 Sep 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Vincent was the youngest of two children of Joseph James Hooper Snr (born 1878 in Gympie, QLD) and Jessie Louisa Guard (born 1888 in Gympie, QLD). Joseph - a Miner at Mount Pleasant - married Jessie in 1910 at Gympie in QLD. Joseph and Jessie settled in Gympie where they raised their family - Joseph died in 1939 and Jessie in 1974.
Vince was a Labourer in Gympie QLD when he enlisted in the AMF and served as a Private (Service No:QX3201) with 2nd 15th Infantry Battalion. Completing training in Palestine in early 1941, Vince fought in the Western Desert and Tobruk before returning to Australia for jungle training. The 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion arrived in Milne Bay in August 1943, and Vince fought in the final stages of the Salamaua - Lae Campaign. He was KiA on 24 September 1943. Older brother Joseph (Joe) James Hooper (Leading Aircraftman, Service No:78538) served with the RAAF in WWII (Australia based).
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