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Military service
Service number:
12956
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Death:
May 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
He served as Norman Ernest Heath and he is commemorated on page 18 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstance of Death for Private Ernest Hooper (served as Norman Ernest Heath) #12956 whose real date of death was 24 May 1915, during the final period of the Battle of Festubert. He was killed in the attack on the K.5. redoubt (defensive emplacement) and buried on the spot (Map Coordinates 36C.A.2.d.4.8 = GPS 50.5384, 2.7489). He served with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division. His remains were not recovered at that time and thus his name is currently on the Vimy Memorial. This image has also been submitted for each of Ernest Hooper and Norman Heath. -
Commonwealth War Graves Registers, First World War
E-13 War Graves Register for Private Ernest Hooper (served as Norman Ernest Heath) #12956 whose real date of death was 24 May 1915, during the final period of the Battle of Festubert. He was killed in the attack on the K.5. redoubt (defensive emplacement) and buried on the spot (Map Coordinates 36C.A.2.d.4.8 = GPS 50.5384, 2.7489). He served with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division. His remains were not recovered at that time and thus his name is currently on the Vimy Memorial. This image has also been submitted for each of Ernest Hooper and Norman Heath. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Ernest Hooper
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Hooper
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Hooper
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Hooper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 20 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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