Harry William HIPE

HIPE, Harry William

    Service Numbers: 123, 1730, 8884
    Enlisted: 23 June 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 5th Field Ambulance
    Born: Wanganui, New Zealand, 1880
    Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Filterpress hand
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    Boer War Service

    22 Jul 1901: Involvement Trooper, 123, Unspecified British Units, 2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts

    World War 1 Service

    23 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1730, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    23 Jul 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1730, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle
    23 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1730, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    14 Sep 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Train
    14 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8884, 2nd Divisional Train, Change of Service Number
    11 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8884, 5th Field Ambulance

    Service History

    Service Number: 1730 and 8884

    Rank: Private

    Roll title: 28 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 8 Reinforcements (June 1915 - January 1916)

    Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918

    Date of embarkation: 23 July 1915

    Place of embarkation: Fremantle

    Ship embarked on: HMAT Demosthenes A64

    Also served in the Boer War as Trooper in (2nd) Kitchener's Fighting Scouts

    Submitted 17 January 2017 by FORD Steve

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