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LIPSON, Arthur Roy
| Service Number: | 5370 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Willunga, South Australia , May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Natural causes, Norwood, South Australia , 10 December 1974 |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Fire Underwriters' Association of S.A. WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide Marine Underwriters Association of S.A. WW1 Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Willunga Cheer Up Society Pictorial Honour Board, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5370, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5370, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 16 May 1917: | Wounded Accidentally wounded 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 5370, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 5370, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Willunga High School
Arthur Roy Lipson was born on May 1891, in a small country town called Willunga. Arthur had a wife named Marjorie. He enlisted on May 1916 to the Austrailan Imperial Force. Arthur and the 27th Infantry Batallion embarked on the 12th of August 1916.
Biography contributed by Peter Cates
Arthur married Marjorie Esther Leach in 1915 and was living in Parkside when he enlisted the following year at the age of 25. He had a fresh complexion, stood 5'7" (170cm) tall and weighrd 140lbs (64Kg).
While serving in France he received an accidental gunshot wound to the wrist on 16 May 1917, possibly due to a problem with the rifle itself which burst. When Arthur was on his way home after the war was over, he was promoted to Temporary Sergeant on transport duty.
Arthur lived to the age of 83. After he died at his Norwood home he was cremated and his ashes immurred at Centennial Park together with those of his wife who had died four years earlier.
Excerpt from the Book "A picture of Fortitude" with approval by the Willunga Recreational Park.
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