HOOPER, Samuel Lyndon
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Known as:
Sam
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Cardiff City Police
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
14241616
P.O.W. number:
6243
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, May 10, 1922
Died :
Friday, December 16, 2016
Age:
94
Police Constable Samuel Lyndon Hooper of the Cardiff City Police volunteered for commando service and enlisted 23 July 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot, also known as the Commando Basic Training Centre, at Achnacarry. Private Hooper, 5 troop No.3 Commando, was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations in Sicily, later found to be a prisoner of war. He escaped from captivity whilst in a working camp at Graz in February 1944 but was recaptured about 10 kilometres away. Private Hooper was liberated in May 1945 and later re-joined Cardiff City Police.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/149/2.
Commando Association newsletter 93.
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[Image] His daughter Carol.
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