SHIPP, Peter Wilfred
| Service Number: | 1658 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Guisbrough, Yorkeshire, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Boys Board School, England |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 57, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dudinin Wogolin Roll of Honor, Kulin Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wickepin District Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1658, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1658, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1658, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 26 years
Son of Peter and Esther Shipp of 68 Martin Road, Middlesborough, England. Brother of James Hutchinson Shipp who was killed in action at Neuve on 12 March 1915 while serving with the 1st Grendadier Guards and Ellen Shipp of Perth. WA. Peter and Ellen operated a cafe and refreshment camp at Perth, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is remembered as Peter William Ship on the Middlesbrough War Memorial.
He is one of four Great War Australian soldier casualties commemorated there.
Births Sep 1886 Shipp Peter Wilfred Guisbro' 9d 534
He was 29.
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