Leonard James (Len) LIPPLE

LIPPLE, Leonard James

Service Numbers: 3865, 2708, 965
Enlisted: 8 August 1915, 12th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bristol, England, 15 August 1893
Home Town: Nolba, Chapman Valley, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness, Geraldton, Western Australia., 1 January 1946, aged 52 years
Cemetery: Nabawa Cemetery, Western
Meth., Sect. S, plot 5
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

8 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3865, 11th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements
2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2708, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2708, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3865, 11th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle
22 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3865, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Nov 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3865, 11th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action several times but discharged finally with Gunshot Wound to his left forearm and fractured palm.

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 965

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Biography contributed by Nola Holt

Leonard james Norman Lipple was the son of George Alexander Lipple (1859-1899) and Eliza Maria Lipple nee Oaks (1858-1942) of Bristol, England.

He married Elsie Alice Anderson ( 1896-1971) in Geraldton, Western Australia.