James Horace HOOPER

Regimental number78696
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Hooper, 173 Wordsworth Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 40th Reinforcements, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 107 Tahiti on 10 July 1918
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Infantry Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 5 September 1918
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsCanterbury Provincial Memorial
Other details

War service: died of disease at sea en route to United Kingdom.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 86, p. 5