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Basil John Hooper
Cut from a photograph of of soldiers of B Company, 7th Battalion. Pictured from left, 378 Pte Basil John Hooper, KIA 25 April and 374 John Strutten Carter, fatefully these two men are buried beside one another in N o.2 Outpost Cemetery at Gallipoli, in Graves E11 and E12 respectively. The third young soldier is 384 Lance Corporal Alexander Stewart Burton, who was later, killed in action on 9 August 1915, aged 21, at Lone Pine and was later posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine Trenches". Australian War Memorial P03318.017
Private Basil John Hooper 7th Infantry Battalion
Basil John Hooper John Strutten Carter
Alexander Stewart Burton
HMAT Hororata (A20)
Thomas Bell, from Lakes Entrance a signaller formally a telephonist
The HMAT A20 Hororata weighed 9,400 tons with an average cruise speed of 14 knots or 25.92 kmph. It was owned by the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 11 September 1917.
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