HOOPER Leonard Richard

1907 - 1997  (89 years)

• Name	HOOPER Leonard Richard
  Born	12 Oct 1907	Elsternwick VIC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Between 27 May 1941 and 24 Nov 1946	Australia, Malaya and New Guinea   [2]
  	Served during WWII as No. NX10974, Lieutenant, Australian Army Service Corps, 2nd. AIF.
  	Age: 33y
  	Leonard Richard HOOPER was on board the hospital ship 'Centaur' which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland adjacent to Morton Bay on 14 May 1943. His survival was very lucky as about 200 souls perished. Rose steadily through the ranks finally being commissioned as Lieutenant on 31 Oct 1944.
  Occupation	Bank Officer, Public Servant, Department of the Army
  _UID	DB047EBF3E4F4DC49B693547DA4EEC97E5CF
  Buried	Sep 1997	Woden Cemetery, Phillip ACT   [3]
  Died	15 Sep 1997	Canberra ACT   [4]
  	Age: 89y
  Person ID	I9082	The Relatives of F.L. WALTER
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	HOOPER George Ernest,   b. 1869, Collingwood VIC ,   d. 1961, Sydney NSW  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	DONOVAN Edith Mary,   b. 3 Nov 1879, Sandridge VIC ,   d. 1960, Sydney NSW  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1903
  Family ID	F2893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HOLDAWAY Jocelyn Rebecca,   b. 1911, Wollongong NSW ,   d. 5 Jun 1975, Ainslie ACT  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1934	Mosman NSW   [5]
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F6843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone of Leonard Richard HOOPER (1907-1997).

  
  

• Sources

  [S924] ZZ Place Record: Elsternwick VIC, Place Rec Id [P454]. [S4043] ZZ Place Record: Australia, Malaya and New Guinea, Place Rec Id [P4898]. [S3760] ZZ Place Record: Woden Cemetery, Phillip ACT, Place Rec Id [P4401]. [S1568] ZZ Place Record: Canberra ACT, Place Rec Id [P1201]. [S2911] ZZ Place Record: Mosman NSW, Place Rec Id [P3041].