JUPP, Allan Thomas Frank
| Service Number: | 6572 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1916, Cadets and 91st Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Motton, Tasmania, Australia, 16 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness, Devonport Hospital, Plymouth, England, 1 January 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Devon, England, Church C 4971, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6572, 12th Infantry Battalion, Cadets and 91st Infantry | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6572, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6572, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 1st January…… Alan Thomas Frank Jupp was born at North Motton, Tasmania on 16th November, 1896.
His mother – Ethel Jupp died on 3rd October, 1901 at Launceston, Tasmania.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 8th June, 1916 as a 29 year old (Note: age of 29 was listed on Embarkation Roll; his actual age was 20), single, Farmer from Ulverstone, Tasmania
Private Allan Thomas Frank Jupp, Service number 6572, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 20th October, 1916 with the 12th Infantry Battalion, 21st Reinforcements. He transferred to HMAT Ascanius (A11) at Sierra Leone on 4th December, 1916. Private Jupp disembarked at Devonport, England on 28th December, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was transferred from HMAT Ascanius to Devonport Hospital on disembarking on 28th December, 1916.
Private Allan Thomas Frank Jupp died at 1 am on 1st January, 1917 at Devonport Hospital, Plymouth, England from Appendicitis.
He was buried in Eggbuckland Cemetery Church Ground, Plymouth, England – Church Ground C. Section Grave No. 4971. This is now referred to as Efford Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England - Plot number Church C. 4971. and he has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/g---m.html
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