Edgar HOOPER

HOOPER, Edgar

Service Number: 426
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Collinsfield, South Australia, 1880
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Policeman, cutting Yakka & Eucalyptus, Farmer
Died: 1952, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 426, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 426, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
26 Mar 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 426, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, p. 8, notes discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 for employment.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Edgar Hooper enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his sister Mrs. J. Sharpe, Collinsfield, South Australia. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as his sister Mrs. James Sharpe, Collinsfield, South Australia.

In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 92, it notes his war gratuity was paid out in South Africa. Report in The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, noted he was discharged in South Africa to take up employment there on 26 Mar 1902.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 7; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 92; The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, p. 8).

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