Henry Dawson CHIPPINDALL

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CHIPPINDALL, Henry Dawson

Service Number:	1922
Enlisted:	18 January 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Young, New South Wales, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Gympie State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Contractor
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1922, 14th Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1922, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1922, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 1922, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1922 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-08

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Henry Chippindall was one of the oldest Brunswick volunteers in the AIF, enlisting on 18 January 1915 at the age of 42 years 9 months. His two sons also enlisted, 1088 Pte. William Giles Chippindall 4th Light Horse Regiment and 1153 Pte. John Tatlock Chippindall 8th Battalion, who both returned safely to Australia during 1919.

Henry’s younger brother, 375 Pte. Robert Arthur Chippindall 5th Battalion AIF had enlisted in August 1914 and was mortally wounded at the Anzac landing, dying of his wounds in Egypt on 17 May 1915, aged 24.

Henry served at Gallipoli from 8 June 1915 and was killed in action on 8 August 1915 when the 14th Battalion took part in an ill-fated attack on the Sari Bair Range to take Hill 971. Many of the men who died during this offensive had to be left behind, left to the elements or sympathies of the Turks who may have buried the corpses. Henry Chippindall has no known grave.

Another brother of Henry’s, 71 Pte. Edwin Chippindall, 2nd Field Ambulance AIF, was also at the Anzac landing after enlisting in August 1914. He was returned to Australia on 1 September 1915, about three weeks after the death of Henry Chippindall. This may have been because he had already lost two brothers to the war, as no reason is stated in Edwin’s service file for his return to Australia.

At the time of his death, Henry’s wife, Mrs. I. Chippendall, was an inmate of the Hospital for Insane, at Mont Park, Victoria. Henry’s medals and entitlements were sent to his mother, Sarah Chippindall.

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