On leaving Wesley, for some time he was employed in a city music warehouse, and for three years later was working with his brother on a farm at Mooroopna
Birth / Death- Died 25/04/1915First Year at Wesley1908
Date Enlisted24th August 1914Enlisted Unit7th BattalionService Number378Service DetailKilled in action probably on landing as the boats in his unit came under heavy fire from Turkish soldiers at Fisherman’s HutAge at Death20Final Unit7th BattalionCemetery / MemorialNo 2 Outpost Cemetery Cemetery / Memorial DetailRow E Grave 11RankPrivate
Hooper, Basil John OW(1908). Archives and Art Collections, accessed 19/03/2026, https://wesleycollege.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1291