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Charles Albert JIPSON

Regimental number895
Place of birthPlumstead, Woolwich, England
SchoolPurrett Road, Plumstead, London, England
Other trainingCable hand
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Jipson, 53 Rippolson Road, Plumstead, London, England
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularArrived in Australia, 1913
FateKilled in Action 26 March 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBapaume Australian Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Alice JIPSON, 53 Rippolson Road, Plumstead, London, England

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