TIPTON, James Larkan
| Other Name: | Tipton, James Larcombe - Birth Record |
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| Service Number: | 4647 |
| Enlisted: | 26 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Princess Hill Primary School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4647, Depot Battalion | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4647, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4647, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4647, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James was born James Larcombe TIPTON in Ballarat, Victoria in 1878
On his war records his middle name is also spelt Larkan & Larkam
Biography
James lived with and cared for his widowed mother Jane. He was 32 when he enlisted. He must have had a strong sense of duty to leave his widowed mother to fight abroad. James is my great grand uncle and his grave to date is unknown. Who knows how many soldiers remains are still there with out a grave? It must have been heart wrenching for the family to know of this.
This is a piece from the Argus Newpaper dated 18 July 1930, when recriminations were flowing
" CANBERRA, Thursday -Senator Major General H. E. Elliott tonight strongly criticised the British Army officers who commanded the British and Australian forces at the battle of Fleurbaix during the Great War. He was addressing the Canberra branch of the Returned Soldiers' League tonight. The battle, said Major-General Elliott cost more than 7,000 men, of whom 5,533 were officers and men belonging to the Fifth Australian Division. The whole operation, he said, was încredibly bungled.The result of the action was to cripple the Fifth Division for months. Some of Australia's finest men, many of whom had come from Gallipoli, perished in that action. "
I will rest my case. Vale to my Great Grand Uncle James Larcombe Tipton
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