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RIPPON, Harold Holt

Service Number:	2158
Enlisted:	29 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 16 January 1917
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Plot V, Row E, Grave 33 Headstone inscription reads: Deeply mourned by Les, Norm, Harry, Edith & Constance, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Albert Park South Melbourne & Sydney Swans Football Club Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2158, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 2158, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 2158, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
14 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2158, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Multiple gunshot wounds

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel and Lucretia Eliza Rippon

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal