Arthur Edward HOOPER

Regimental number23/1677
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinSister, Miss Allen Hooper, c/o H Adair, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 3rd Reinforcements of 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 38 Tahiti on 8 January 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 11 September 1918
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Section R, Plot II, Row U, Grave No 8), Rouen, France
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Parents: Stanley and Margaret Hooper, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 16, p. 3