J C Hooper

Mention in Despatches

Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916).

Military Medal

'Gallantry on Gallipoli. At the attack on Hill 60, on 22nd August, 1915, he carried messages over fire-swept ground between the Company in the newly captured trench and the Battalion Commander, thus maintaining communication.'

Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62

Date: 19 April 1917