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TIPPET, John
| Service Number: | 4888 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 29 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Heart attack, Sorrento, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1974, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General Section D, Path 11, Grave 766. Interred on 11 April 1974. Internment right number 11070 expired on 23 May 2012 |
| Memorials: | Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4888, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4888, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4888, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 4888, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 4 Military District | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4888 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
18 August 1918 - Promoted to Company Sergeant Major
27 August 1916 - Promoted to Corporal
15 June 1919 - Returned to Australia
3 June 1919 - Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal
From September to November 1918, he has had charge of the battalion dump in the line, and worked between there and advanced Battalion Headquarters, carrying out his duties efficiently, often under shell fire. His gallantry in action and devotion to duty have been inspiring to all.
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 42
Date: 20 May 1920
Last known address was 19/44 Buxton Avenue, North Adelaide
RSL Information
4 August 1919 - Joined Moonta Sub Branch
23 February 1920 - Transferred to Balaklava Sub branch
12 May 1925 - Transferred to Kimba Sub Branch
31 February 1934 - Transferred Bordertown Sub Branch
30 April 1941 - Transferred to Jamestown Sub Branch
28 August 1952 - Transferred to Colonel Light Gardens
27 March 1961 - Transferred to Hindmarsh Sub Branch
7 February 1964 - Transferred to Henley Sub branch
15 January 1970 - Transferred to Prospect Sub Branch
Badges S5146 was returned
Places of residence: Moonta; Bordertoown; Jamestown; 318 South Terrace, Adelaide; 34 Cedar Avenue, Warradale; 28/2 Anderson Street, Henley Beach South
Biography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Harold Lennox Williams was born in April 1888 to his father James William Williams, and his hometown and birthplace were located in Balhannah, South Australia. He was Catholic, having gone to the Church of England multiple times, and was a railway clerk before the war started.
When WW1 broke out, Harold Williams was employed as a driver at 26 years old on the 2nd of September 1914, however by showing great performance and courage in many warzones he was promoted multiple times, all the way up to Sergeant.
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