William Wallace HOPPER

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HOPPER, William Wallace

Service Number:	425939
Enlisted:	21 May 1942, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head
Born:	Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 9 January 1923
Home Town:	Byron Bay, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Taree High School, Lismore High School, Kyogle Inter. High School
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row C Grave 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Byron Bay Memorial Gates

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 425939
21 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 425939, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Brisbane, Qld.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William George and Lydia Catherine Hopper, of Byron Bay.

Three Airmen Killed
SYDNEY. Monday Sgt. William Wallace Hopper, pilot, of Byron Bay, LAC Dudley Frank Orlmsey, trainee observer, of Norman Park, Queensland, and LAC George Herbert Harrison, trainee observer, of Wahroonga were killed when an aircraft crashed during training exercises in north eastern NSW.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Fairey Battle L5094 from Number 1 Air Observer School crashed at Evans Head killing Sergeant Hopper 425939 / LAC Grimsey 435169 / LAC Harrison 433593

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