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TIPPLE, Keith
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3400204 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 May 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 29 June 1924 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 18 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 3400204 |
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Korean War Service
| 25 Jun 1950: | Involvement Private, 3400204 | |
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| 22 Feb 1951: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3400204 | |
| 24 Sep 1951: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3400204 |
Personal Stories
Keith Tipple
My uncle - Keith Tipple was born on the 29 June 1924, South Australia, to Charles & Ethol Tipple.
At the age of 17, Keith joined the Australian Army he left and rejoined to enlist in the Korean war.
At the end of the war he served as a United Nations soldier on peace keeping military duties and was sent to Japan Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea & the Soloman Islands he survived the war but died on his return to Australia on the 16th April 1967 aged 43 at Jolimont Railway Station where he was hit by a train on his way home to his sisters house at Seaford Victoria.
Submitted 15 June 2024 by Leeanne Young
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