LIPSCOMB, Neville Henry
| Service Number: | 33 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia , 2 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Normanhurst, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Warrawee Public School, Hurlestone Agricultural High School and Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 April 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ecoust Military Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein II. A. 27. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Normanhurst South Hornsby Methodist Boys Honour Roll, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 33, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 23 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 33, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 33, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Southern, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 33, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 22 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 23 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 33, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 33 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-04-23 |
Neville Henry Lipscomb
Neville Henry Lipscomb was born on 2nd October 1896 at Normanhurst; occupation: Student (at Hawkesbury Agricultural College) & Soldier; enlisted 24th August 1914 in the First Light Horse Field Ambulance direct from HAC; regimental number: 33 (ie. he was the 33rd soldier to enlist); trained at Queen’s Park, Waverly & then Broadmeadows, Victoria; departed Melbourne in October 1914 on board troopship Southern for Egypt via Albany and Colombo; observed the Sydney/Emden naval battle en route; further training in Egypt; served as a medical orderly on hospital ships Galeko, Minnewaska, Saturnia and Clan McGillivray evacuating wounded from Gallipoli; landed at Gallipoli in August 1915 and served as a stretcher bearer for two weeks until evacuated with dysentery; hospitalised at Mudros and then by hospital ship Ascarius to hospital in Malta; evacuated to England on board Hospital Ship Italia - admitted County of London War Hospital at Epsom; on recovery he departed Portsmouth in February 1916 via Troopship Saturnia and rejoined his unit at Australian Overseas Depot, Gizeh, Cairo; transferred to Artillery - moved to Camp of the 37th Battery at Seraphum, Egypt; Joined British Expeditionary Force at Alexandria and sailed for Marseilles on the Arcadian in June 1916; moved to the Armentieres Sector and relieved 2nd Div Artillery near Bois Grenier (4 km S of Armentieres); engaged at Ypres in September 1916; killed in action by artillery fire on 23rd April 1917 at the village of Ecoust, near Bullecourt - about 16 km south-east of Arras and 10 km north-east of Bapaume (aged 20).
Submitted 11 September 2015 by Adrian Lipscomb
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Neville Henry LIPSCOMB was born on 2nd October, 1896 in Normanhurst, Sydney NSW
His parents were William John LIPSCOMB & Jessie CURTIS who married in Sydney in 1892
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