TRIPNEY, David
| Service Number: | 3192 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1916, 4th Aust. Inf. Reg. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Emerald, Queensland, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Haemorrhage from the strain of lifting coal, John Darling CollieryNewcastle - New South Wales, Australia, 13 November 1930 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 3 (UNITING)-F. 14. |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3192, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 4th Aust. Inf. Reg. | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3192, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3192, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3192, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit (hernia) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
93 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 14th November 1930, Private David Thompson Tripney, 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-3192), labourer from 25 Dibbs Street, Adamstown, New South Wales and Bailey Street, Adamstown, N.S.W. and Pelican Flat, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 43. METHODIST 3 (UNITING)-F. 14.
Born at Emerald, Queensland about 1887 to David, died 3.12.1912, of 25 Dibbs Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., age 76, METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 5 SW. 58 and Margaret Tripney nee Brown, died 1.9.1915, of 25 Dibbs Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., age 73, METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 5 SW. 56; husband of Maud Elizabeth Tripney nee Roach (married 1927, New Lambton, N.S.W., remarried 1933 to Peter E Anderson, Wickham, N.S.W., died?). David enlisted on the 3rd July 1916 at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Sustained hernia on the 13th April 1917 at No. 4 Training Camp.
Commenced return to Australia 4.5.1917.
Service record gives no indication of War Medals awarded.
David returned home on the 6th July 1917, being discharged medically unfit (hernia) on the 14th August 1917.
Mr. Tripney’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor, Adamstown Methodist Church
The tragic circumstances of David’s death were reported (see link). See coroner's report states that haemorrhage developed after the strain of lifting coal at the John Darling Colliery.
I have placed poppies at David’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother Adam Brown (born about 1877 at Linlithgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, labourer from 25 Dibbs Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., enlisted 11.7.1916, 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, Reg No-3191, RTA 22.11.1917, was not granted Victory Medal, died 21.10.1938, age 61, not officially commemorated) also resting at the cemetery, METHODIST 4-11. 13.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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