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Eric John LIPSCOMB

Regimental number2348
Place of birthHornsby, New South Wales
SchoolWarrawee Public School and Hurlstone Agricultural High School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressWandilly, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 10.25"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinFather, William John Lipscomb, Pennant Hill Road, Wahroonga, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date1 August 1916
Place of enlistmentNarrabri, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 May 1917
Place of death or woundingLe Touquet near Armentieres
Age at death23
Place of burialTancrez Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 13), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jessie LIPSCOMB (AS SPELT ON RECORD), Normanhurst, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Gunner Neville LIPSCOMB, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 23 April 1917; Lt Frederick Neville LIPSCOMB MC, 19th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 July 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 17 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 April 1917; taken on strength, 34th Bn, in the field, 30 April 1917.

Killed in action, 16 May 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as LIPSCOMBE.
SourcesNAA: B2455, LIPSCOMB Eric John

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