Charles Lenard HOOPER

Regimental number26000
True NameHOOPER, Charles Leonard
OccupationDruggist
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Hooper, Masterton
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialMont Huon Militasry Cemetery (Plot IX, Row B, Grave No 2B), Le Treport, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Leonard James and Emily F. Hooper, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 7

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