John TIPPET DCM

Badge Number: S1094, Sub Branch: Moonta
S1094

TIPPET, John

Service Number: 4888
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
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World War 1 Service

25 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4888, Enlisted at Adelaide
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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Biography 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

 

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