TIPPER, George Murray
| Service Number: | SX4153 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Berri, South Australia, 27 February 1914 |
| Home Town: | Berri, Berri and Barmera, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Berri Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 8 September 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B3. B. 14. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand & Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 30 May 1940: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX4153, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 May 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 30 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX4153, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John James Tipper and Ada Minnie Tipper, of Berri, South Australia.
HIS DUTY DONE IN PEACE HE SLEEPS
L/Cpl. Murray George Tipper, who was killed in action in New Guinea on September 7, was born at Berri 28 years ago. He enlisted in 1940 and saw service in Syria, from where he returned to Australia. In August of this year he went to New Guinea. He was well known at Berri, having lived there all his life, and attended the Berri School. Prior to enlisting he had been gardening with his brother Bob, who is now in the 2nd A.I.F. in the Middle East. His parents were among the early residents of Berri, arriving there about 1912. His father was the late Jack Tipper, and his mother, Mrs. A. Tipper, resides with her son Jack at Berri.
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