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Peter W SHIPP

Regimental number1658
Place of birthGuisbrough, Yorkshire, England
SchoolBoys Board School, England
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine driver
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Esther Shipp, 68 Martin Road, Middlesboro York, England
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 22 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"In Australia my son started business with his sister Ellen Shipp as a eating house and refreshment camp at Perth." [Father: Peter Shipp of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.] RoHC states middle name as Wilfred.
FateKilled in Action 5 May 1916
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death2 May 1915
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 57), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Esther SHIPP. Native of Middlesborough, England. Note Date of Death
Family/military connectionsBrother: Corporal James Hutchinson Shipp, 1st Grenadiers Guards, who was killed in action at Nevue Chappel, France on 12 March 1915.

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