Henry Thomas CHIPPER

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CHIPPER, Henry Thomas

Service Number:	860
Enlisted:	14 January 1915, Blackboy Hill
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Katanning, Western Australia, 25 June 1893
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Donnybrook Preston Road Board, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, West Subiaco Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 860, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Blackboy Hill
19 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 860, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
19 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 860, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 860, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 860 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Parents

Henry Charles Chipper 1859–1894

Emily Louisa Smith Chipper 1864–1922

Siblings

John Maley Chipper 1886–1967

Muriel Emily Chipper Brennan 1891–1962

Son of Emily Chipper of 135 Lincoln Street, Highgate Hill, Perth, Western Australia. Henry enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 14 January 1915 and embarked from Fremantle, W.A. for active service abroad on 19 April 1915 per HMAT "Argyllshire" (A8). He was killed in action at The Nek, aged 22 years.
Trooper, 10th Australian Light Horse - Service No. 860

The Western Mail, Perth, W.A. - 3 September 1915
"KILLED IN ACTION
CHIPPER.-Killed in action, at the Dardanelles, on August 7, 1915, Harry, third son of Mrs. E. L. Chipper, 135 Lincoln Street, Perth (late of Katanning), and brother of Maley, Arthur and Muriel Chipper, age 22 years."

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