Regimental number | 33 |
Place of birth | Hornsby, New South Wales |
School | Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, NSW and Hurlstone High School, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Student |
Address | Hawkesbury College, Richmond, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, W J Lipscombe, Pennant Hills Road, Normanhurst, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, A Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/39/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A27 Southern on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted from Richmond in the 1st L Horse Field Ambulance in Sept 1914. Served for some time on Hospital Ships carrying wounded from Gallipoli to Alexandria then followed his Brigade on the Peninsula. After the evacuation he transferred to the artillery and continued in active service in France until killed in action. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Bullecourt, France |
Age at death | 20.6 |
Place of burial | Ecoust Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 27), Ecoust-St. Mein, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 16 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Jessie LIPSCOMB, Normanhurst, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother to Pte Eric Lipscomb 34th Batt killed in action. Lt F Lipscomb 19th Batt returned wounded. |