Albert Leslie HOOKER

Regimental number12/3684
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria, Australia
OccupationMiner
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Hooker, Huntly West, Waikato
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialY Farm Military Cemetery (Row K, Grave No 45), Bois-Grenier, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert James and Elizabeth Hooker, 105, Manakau Road, Parnell, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 14