HOOPER, William Wallace
(Service number 5/244)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 29/07/1893 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Brigade Supply, Buckle Street, Wellington | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Widower | ||
| Next of Kin | W.H. Hooper (father), Shaw Street, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 4th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Army Service Corps | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 (Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo) | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Army Service Corps | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Western European (France & Belgium) | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-15 Star, British War medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 September 1922 | Age | |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | |||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Grandson, Peter Reilly, commented that William married Ellen Mary soon after his return from the war and they lived in Jackson Street, Timaru. The couple had a daughter, Patricia Moira, about 1921 - just a year before William died. Searching Births, Deaths, and Marriages online index resulted in the discovery of a marriage of William Hooper to Mary Ellen PEARCE in 1918, possibly indicating the names have been transposed.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (18 August 2015); Military Personnel file
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Researched and Written by
Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG; Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum; David Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum
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