RIPPER, Marcus Henry
| Service Number: | 2237 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | California Gully, Vic., 1886 |
| Home Town: | California Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | California Gully School |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | 2 September 1928, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Eaglehawk Fire Brigade Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2237, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2237, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2237, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Lavinia RIPPER of Butler Street, California Gully, Bendigo, Vic.
16 August 1916 - PRESENTATION TO A SOLDIER
A presentation of a gold band ring was made on Saturday by the Eaglehawk lawn party to Private M. H. Ripper, only son of Mrs. Ripper, of California Gully, at his mother's residence, who has left for the front. Miss L. Bray made the presentation, and the recipient fittingly responded.
14 June 1917 - Mrs. Ripper, of Butler street, California Gully, received a cablegram yesterday from her son. Private M. H. Ripper, that he had arrived in England on furlough, and that he intended journeying to Cornwall. Private Ripper also stated that he is in the best of health