William Arthur Stanley WHIPP

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WHIPP, William Arthur Stanley

Service Number:	3226
Enlisted:	10 September 1916, Goulburn
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bangalore, New South Wales, Australia, 2 January 1892
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Sign writer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Golburn MU IOOF Loyal Coronation Lodge WW1 Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3226, 55th Infantry Battalion, Goulburn
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3226, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3226, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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Biography contributed

William Arthur Stanley WHIPP was born in Bangalore, NSW on 2nd January, 1892

His parents were Samuel WHIPP & Prudence SPEER who married in NSW on 4th March, 1891

He enlisted in Goulburn on 10th September, 1916 and embarked from Sydney with the 55th Infantry Battalion, 8th reinforcements on the HMAT Suevia on 11th November, 1916

William was Killed in Action in Belgium on 26th Sepember, 1917 - no known grave

There is a commemorative headstone for William in Goulburn Cemetery in memory

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