CLIMPSON, Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 78, 78A |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 15 January 1973, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cooma Cemetery, New South Wales RC 10, F4, 16 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 78, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 78, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 78, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 78A, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 31 Aug 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, Battle for Pozières | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal and bar, Bullecourt (First) | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Honoured Military Cross | |
| 2 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Signal Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"78 Lance Corporal Joseph Climpson... who embarked with the 1st Divisional Signal Company from Melbourne aboard HMAT Karroo (A10) on 20 October 1914... Joseph Climpson was a printer from Moore Park, NSW, prior to his enlistment as a Sapper. He transferred to the 4th Divisional Signal Company and was awarded the Military Medal in 1917 for bravery and endurance near Pozieres where he repaired telephone wires for thirteen hours under heavy shell fire. He was later awarded a Bar to Military Medal for his work and devotion to duty at Bullecourt. In 1919 Climpson was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Climpson returned to Australia as a Lieutenant on 5 April 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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