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CHIPPINDALL, Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 71 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Methodist M 279 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 71, 2nd Field Ambulance | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 71, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 71, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 26 Oct 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 71, 2nd Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edwin’s brother, 375 Pte. Robert Arthur Chippindall 5th Battalion AIF had also enlisted in August 1914 and was mortally wounded at the Anzac landing, dying of his wounds in Egypt on 17 May 1915, aged 24.
Edwin’s eldest brother, 1922 Sergeant Henry Dawson Chippindall 14th Battalion AIF, was also killed in action, during the August offensives at Gallipoli.
Edwin, only 19 years of age, had served on Gallipoli from the day of the Anzac landing. He was sent home to Australia a few weeks later, on 1 September 1915. Unusually, no reason was given for his return to Australia.
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