HOOPER, Guy Francis
(Service number 73500)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 10/04/1892 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 28 March 1917 | Age | 24 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | 15 Allnutt Street, Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Contractor | ||
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| Marital Status | Single, then married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. A. E. HOOPER (wife), Whilmhurst, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 2 June 1950 | Age | 58 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Guy Francis Hooper was born on 10 April 1892 at Temuka, the third son of Thomas Francis andMary (née Chapman) Hooper. He and his siblings were educated at Temuka School. Mr Hooper died in 1914. On 3 August 1916 at Temuka, Guy Francis Hooper had been rejected as medically unfit on account of deafness. His name was drawn in the ballot in 1917 and he enlisted on 28 March 1917 at Timaru. He was then single. Guy married Edith Annie Ellen Payne on 21 June 1917 at Temuka.Guy died in 1950 and was buried with his parents at Temuka, while Edith was buried at Timaru in 1966. His brother, William Richard Hooper, served overseas in World War One.
Sources
NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [24 October 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [24 October 2020]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council [24 October 2020]
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