ARMY CDOS Hooper, Owen Gerrard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hooper ​

• FORENAME

Owen Gerrard ​

• UNIT

4 Commando ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

6297771 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

2nd November 1944 ​

• AGE

31 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery,Netherlands 21.B.4 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 1 Bn Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)​

born China​

resided London N​

died Walcheren ​

 

[John Martin]

Owen Gerrard Hooper

Owen Hooper died in the assault on Flushing. In an attempt, under machine gun fire, to enter a house by hitting the door with the butt of his rifle he triggered a boobytrap device that killed him. He was a member of a fire support team, but nevertheless volunteered to make the attempt. My late uncle, Sgt Donald Martin, was close to him at the time but survived the blast.