Joseph James HOOPER

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HOOPER, Joseph James

Service Number:	78538
Enlisted:	16 September 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	3 Personnel Depot
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 26 February 1912
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sheetmetal Worker
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 February 1982, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gympie Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

16 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 78538, No 3 AD
16 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 78538
17 Apr 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, AFHQ
2 May 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 78538, 3 Personnel Depot
2 May 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 78538
Date unknown:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, 78538, Royal Australian Air Force

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Joseph was the eldest of two children of Joseph James Hooper Snr (born 1878 in Gympie, QLD) and Jessie Louisa Guard (born 1888 in Gympie, QLD). Joseph Snr - a Miner - and Jessie married in Gympie, QLD in 1910. They settled in Gympie, where Joseph Snr was a Miner.

Joseph worked as a Plumber and Sheetmetal Worker in Gypmie, QLD, where in 1941 he married Maureen Amelda Fitzpatrick (born 1919 in Gympie, QLD). Joseph enlisted in the RAAF in 1942, serving as an Aircraftman (Coppersmith) and Leading Aircraftman (Service No:78538). He was attached to 3 Personnel Depot (Sandgate) when he was Discharged in May 1946. Brother Vincent Harold served in the Australian Army and was KiA in New Guinea in 1943.

Joseph and Matilda relocated to Brisbane, QLD following the war, and Joseph worked as a Plumber. He died in 1982 and Maureen in 1984.

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