Soldier profiles
Name : HOOPER, ERIC ERNEST
Service Number : VX23630
Date of Birth : 27/07/1918
Place of Birth : BENALLA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 07/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : GOORAMBAT, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HOOPER, ARTHUR
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 04/12/1945
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : JAVA, NAGASAKI 13 (JAPAN), NAGASAKI 14 (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : CAMP 14 (NAGASAKI, JAPAN)
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0042 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227831 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1037521 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_045208.jpg, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 432kB)
Background : Arrived in Japan 25/06/1944 (survivor rescued by Japanese after hellship Tamahoko Maru sinking). Survivor of atomic blast at 14 Nagasaki Camp, Japan. Repatriated to Australia on the H.M.S. Formidable.
