Regimental number | 1658 |
Place of birth | Guisbrough, Yorkshire, England |
School | Boys Board School, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 26 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Engine driver |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Esther Shipp, 68 Martin Road, Middlesboro York, England |
Previous military service | Nil. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th 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. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The 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 connections | Brother: Corporal James Hutchinson Shipp, 1st Grenadiers Guards, who was killed in action at Nevue Chappel, France on 12 March 1915. |