Regimental number | 3881 |
Place of birth | Poona, India |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Moonta, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 42 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Ethel Shipp, Cross Roads, Moonta, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 2.5 years in C Company, South Australian Infantry Regiment; resigned; previously rejected for AIF enlistment ('deferred Keswick'). |
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Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
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Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 21 September 1916; absent without leave, Capetown, South Africa, 18 October 1916; re-embarked Capetown, 19 October 1916; found guilty, at sea, 6 November 1916, of breaking ship at intermediate port: awarded 16 days' Field Punishment No 1; disembarked Plymouth, England, 15 November 1916; marched in to 8th Training Bn, Hurdcott, 19 November 1916. Classified C.1 (Home Service), 4 January 1917. Found guilty, Hurdcott, 10 March 1917, of (1)drunkenness; (2) when in camp being found beyond the limits fixed by his Commanding Officer in that he was at Wilton at 9.45 pm on 10 March 1917 without a pass: charge 1, admonished; charge 2: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2. Marched in to No 2 command Depot, Weymouth, 15 May 1917. Found guilty, 2 June 1917, of being drunk in Weymouth about 10.15 pm, 31 May 1917: fined 2/6. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Nestor', for discharge, 22 July 1917 (dislocated hip, fractured left thigh: old injury, originated prior to service); disembarked Adelaide, 21 September 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 29 October 1917. War service: 1 year 82 days (of which 1 year 1 day was abroad) Medal: British War Medal |
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Sources | NAA: B2455, SHIPP Jack John |