Soldier profiles
Name : HOOPER, GARRY MARTIN
Service Number : VX13098
Date of Birth : 27/04/1920
Place of Birth : PRAHRAN, VIC
Known as : GARRY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 19/03/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PRAHRAN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : PRAHRAN, VIC
Next of Kin : HOOPER, A
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 : FORT KHIAM (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/01/1946
Date Died : 04/11/1998
Age at Death : 78
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) : LIZUKA 22 (JAPAN), FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : 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 6214779 [OPEN], Barcode 478918 [OPEN], Barcode 1033203 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_S02995, Past article (size 432kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, AWM_008194.jpg, G_ATKINS_7.jpg, G_ATKINS_22.jpg
Background : Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru. Repatriated to Australia on the H.M.S. Formidable. Died at Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia.
