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ZIPPEL, Carl Albert
| Service Number: | 6855 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6855, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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