Reginald HOOPER

Regimental number12/4536
OccupationFencer
Next of kinFather, F A Hooper, Tokomaru Bay
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot V, Row H, Grave No 5), Colincamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank Arthur and Ellen Hooper, Tokomaru Bay
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 5