NovaStory item 3396
Lester Hooper b 1887 -- d 1953 ; Annabell (MacLean) Hooper b 1896 -- d 1972 ; L/CPL John Ralph Hooper b 1916 -- d 1945. Annabell wife and John son of Lester. John buried in Holland.
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Lester Hooper & Annabell MacLean
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Burial location uncertain. Memorial marker — John Ralph Hooper is commemorated here; official records place his burial at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
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Enlarge & zoom- Lester Hooper b 1887 -- d 1953Transcribed from NovaStory item 3396
- Annabell (MacLean) Hooper b 1896 -- d 1972Transcribed from NovaStory item 3396
- L/CPL John Ralph Hooper b 1916 -- d 1945. Annabell wife and John son of Lester. John buried in Holland.Transcribed from NovaStory item 3396
Lester, Annabell and John Ralph Hooper
Annabell is identified as Lester’s wife and John Ralph as their son.
Veterans Affairs Canada independently identifies John Ralph Hooper as the son of Lester and Annabell Hooper and records his burial at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave XVI. A. 2.
The transcription says John is buried in Holland; the Pioneer marker therefore commemorates him but does not establish burial here.
Veterans Affairs Canada — John Ralph Hooper →Hooper family photograph →PIHS identifies Annabelle and John Ralph in these photographs. Veterans Affairs names Lester and Annabell as John Ralph’s parents. The group also includes Sidney and Theodore; it is not a portrait of everyone on the monument.
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