Stanley Charles Hooper

Forenames

Stanley Charles AWMM

Surname

Hooper AWMM

Service number

WWII 67421 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

• 3 August 1920
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2023 - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hooper-7572
• 24 May 1922
  Public - raihania - Direct descendant - 23 June 2016 - Family

Place of birth

Te Araroa

Public - raihania - Direct descendant - 23 June 2016 - Family

Birth notes

Son of Walter & Ngatai Tunoa HOOPER (nee' PARAPARA) of Te Araroa

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM c/o E.J. Stock, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr W. Hooper (father), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 67421 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Stanley Charles Hooper was the son of Walter and Ngatai Hooper, of Te Araroa, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 10. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2094761
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 101
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.