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Stanley Charles Hooper

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Stanley Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Hooper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 67421 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    • 24 May 1922 Public - raihania - Direct descendant - 23 June 2016 - Family
    • 3 August 1920 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2023 - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hooper-7572
  • 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 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2023 - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hooper-7572
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM c/o E.J. Stock, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W. Hooper (father), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 67421 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 November 1942 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. H. 10. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 101 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
15 July 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
23 June 2016raihaniahastingsDirect descendant
04 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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