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TRIPP, Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 132 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 132 | |
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4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 132, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 132, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Charles Tripp was born in 1878 in Victoria, Australia, a son to Robert Lawson Tripp and Mary Ann Tripp (nee Aughey). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his father, Robert Lawson Tripp at Prahran, Victoria.