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TIMPERON, Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1018 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ardrossan, South Australia, 7 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Ardrossan & District WW1 Honor Roll, Ardrossan School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1018, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1018, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1018, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother John Timperon as both parents had died prior to 1912
Son of Thomas Timperon and Ellen (nee Graham) Timperon; brother of John Timperon and Frances Ann Timperon
11 April 1916 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal