HUPPATZ, Theodore Adolph
| Service Number: | 5126 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Robertstown, South Australia , 3 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Saddleworth, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic and Wheelwright |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, 19 February 1970, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Saddleworth Institute Roll of Honor WW1, Saddleworth Loyal Prince Alfred Lodge No 78 I.O.O.F. M.U. Roll of Honor, Saddleworth St. Aidans Church Roll of Honour, Saddleworth War Memorial, Saddleworth War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5126, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5126, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5126, 10th Infantry Battalion, Raid on Celtic Wood, Survivor | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 5126, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Raid on Celtic Wood
Sergeant Huppatz was recorded on the 13 October Field Return as wounded on 8 October 1917. He was treated at 3rd Field Ambulance on 9 October for a penetrating ‘GSW’ to the abdomen then transported to 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station with ‘GSW abdomen’.
He was evacuated to England where in early November he was admitted to Tooting Military Hospital with ‘GS abdomen severe’. Given the battalion was in no action on 8 October the only way “Ted” Huppatz could have received a gunshot wound to the abdomen would have been during the raid. Even if in the unlikely event he was wounded on Broodseinde Ridge the day before the raid, it would not have taken the medics until 9 Ocotber to have him treated at 3rd Field Ambulance.