Carl Albert (Alb) ZIPPEL

Badge Number: S13748, Sub Branch: Ceduna
S13748

ZIPPEL, Carl Albert

Service Number: 6855
Enlisted: 12 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Glenlee, Victoria, Australia, 9 November 1887
Home Town: Waranda Well, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural causes, War Veteran's Home, Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 8 September 1969, aged 81 years
Cemetery: Ceduna Cemetery, S.A.
MEMORIAL ID 197075709
Memorials: Ceduna Merghiny Maltee & Waranda Pictorial Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6855, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
7 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6855, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
7 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6855, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
15 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6855, 10th Infantry Battalion
18 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6855

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Known as ALBERT (Alb) - born 09 November 1887, in Glee Lee, Victoria.

Father Carl August Zippel was born on 18 October 1854 at Nandel Bintschen, Posen, Prussia.
He died on 20 October 1932 at age 78 from the results of stroke at Maltee, SA.
Duration of his illness was four months. Carl was buried at the cemetery, Ceduna, SA.

Carl August lived with his parents at Seppeltsfield and Light Pass, SA, for seventeen years.
He lived at Saddleworth for two and a half years, then Gladstone for two and a half years.
It was at Gladstone that he learned the boot maker trade. He moved to the Yorke Peninsula
for eight years, the latter part being spent at Minlaton.

26/10/1884  Carl married Hermine Elizabeth Voigt, daughter of Rudolph Voigt and Elizabeth Bepa,
by Pastor H.J. Hoopman, Honiton, South Australia.

Mother Hermine Elizabeth Zippel (nee Voigt) was born on 23 May 1860.
Hermine died from the results of a stroke at the hospital at Ceduna, SA, on 01 April 1921.
Early 1921 Hermine had a stroke while on the boat travelling from Streaky Bay to Ceduna,
within a fortnight she died in the Ceduna Hospital, aged 61 years.
Hermine was buried at the cemetery, Ceduna, South Australia.

Carl Albert and Carl Frederick lived with their family at Waranda Wells, SA on enlisting.

Siblings:
Ida Agnes Zippel (Aggie) - b. 12/08/1885 - d. 03/10/1974 89 years of age
  m. Herman Johann Schwarz (Jack) at Merghiny, SA (22/10/1913) - b. 30/1/1885 - d. 11/06/1967

Hermine Clara Zippel (Clara) - b. 30/08/1886 Minlaton, SA - d. 29/01/1961 74 years of age
  m. Richard Mortimer Fridlington (Dick) at Minlaton, SA (14/02/1912) b. 30/7/1886 - d. 19/4/1969

Carl Albert Zippel (Albert) - n. 09/11/1887 at Woorak - d. 08/09/1969 81 years of age

Ottilie Marie Zippel (Marie) - b. 11/12/1889 at Woorak - d. 06/05/1962 72 years of age
  m. Wilfred McKenzie (Wilf) at Minlaton, SA (19/10/1910) b. 25/01/1891 - d. 12/03/1954

Emma Bertha Zippel (Bertha) - b. 06/08/1891 at Woorak - d. 30/12/1986 95 years of age
  m. Frank Vinrace Bahr at Minlaton, SA (02/02/1912) b. 10/12/1888 - d. 12/08/1974

Otto Ewald Zippel (Eddie) - b. 23/09/1893 at Woorak - d. 30/01/1970 76 years of age
  m. Linda Ellen Julie Eliza Barnett at Merghiny, SA (10/08/1921) b. 26/10/1889 - d. 8/5/1980

Carl Frederick Zippel (Charlie) - b. 11/03/1895 at Woorak - d. 05/09/1960 65 years of age
  m. Ellen Elizabeth Jeanette Ellis (Ella) at Alberton, SA (30/10/1919) b. 14/07/1900 - d. 7/4/1960

Gustav Adolph Zippel (Gus)- b. 10/02/1898 Salisbury, VIC - d. 11/09/1981 Ceduna, SA
  resided at Smokey Bay, SA. He never married.

Theodore Rudolph Zippel (Ted) - b. 24/04/1900 at Nhill - d. 12/06/1986 86 years of age
  m. Rose Edna Ettridge at Mudamuckla, SA (07/04/1934)

Next of kin in service:
Brother:    6854 Private Carl Frederick Zippel  -  known as CHARLIE
                12/09/1916    enlisted (with his brother Carl Albert)
                07/11/1916    embarked onboard HMAT A19 Afric
                                     a Private with 10th Infantry Battalion
                20/05/1919    returned to Australia


Albert was described on enlisting as 28 years 6 months of age; single; 5' 8" tall;
140 lbs; fair complexion; blue eyes; fair hair; Lutheran

12/09/1916     enlisted in Adelaide, SA  -  enlisted with brother 6854 Carl Frederick

04/10/1916     appointed to 22nd reinforcements, 10 Infantry Battalion

07/11/1916     embarked from Outer Harbour, SA, onboard HMAT A19 Afric
                      as a Private with 10th Battalion
09/01/1917     disembarked into Plymouth, England

10/01/1917     marched into 3rd Training Battalion, England

19/04/1917     proceeded overseas to France

20/04/1917     joined Base Depot, Etaples, France

27/04/1917     taken on strength 10th Battalion, from reinforcements

27/07/1917     embarked onboard Hospital Ship HS Essequibo from France to England

28/07/1917     severe pleurisy - admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital,
                      Stirchley, England

02/11/1917     proceeded overseas to France, ex Sandhill Camp, via Southampton
09/11/1917     rejoined 10th Battalion unit, France

15/05/1918     appointed Lance Corporal in France

20/06/1918     Influenze, sick to hospital
30/06/1918     rejoined unit

30/07/1918     wounded in action, France

06/08/1918     slight wound lieft arm and right thigh
                      admitted Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, England

30/03/1919     Attended School of Instruction, in the field, France
18/04/1919     rejoined unit

18/07/1919     returned to Australia onboard HT Takada, ex England
04/09/1919     disembarked into Australia

18/10/1919     discharged from service

Medals:           British War medal (17919) and Victory medal (17735)

He never married.

In 1967 Carl resided at the War Veteran's Home, Myrtle Bank, South Australia.

08/09/1969      Carl passed away

Buried in:         Ceduna Cemetery, Ceduna, South Australia

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  30/12/2016.  Lest we forget.

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