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The Hooper family
Lester and Annabell Hooper’s memorial also remembers their son John Ralph, who served in the Second World War and is buried in the Netherlands.
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The Hooper family
Commemorated here. Memorial marker — John Ralph Hooper is commemorated here; official records place his burial at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
Memorial / burial status
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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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.
People remembered here
John Ralph Hooper
1916–26 Jan 1945
Commemorated on Pictou Island; buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands
Read biography →Lester Hooper
1887–1953
The memorial establishes a family or commemorative relationship. It does not by itself prove burial or interment at this location.
Read biography →Annabell MacLean Hooper
1896–1972
The memorial establishes a family or commemorative relationship. It does not by itself prove burial or interment at this location.
Read biography →The Hooper family
Lester and Annabell Hooper’s memorial also remembers their son John Ralph, who served in the Second World War and is buried in the Netherlands.
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