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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
His real name was Ernest W. Hooper and he is commemorated on page 20 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Private Norman Ernest Heath
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Memorial
Memorial headstone at Orono Cemetery, Orono, Ontario. The date of death on the stone is incorrect but his proper name is on it. He served as Ernest Heath or Norman Heath. His proper name was Leland Wilkinson Hooper according to this stone and cencus records. Parents were Harry and Ada Hooper who lived in the Durham Region east of Toronto. -
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. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Ernest Heath
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Ernest Heath
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Ernest Heath
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 18 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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