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Eric John Lipscomb

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Eric John Lipscomb

Birth
Normanhurst, Ku-ring-gai Council, New South Wales, Australia
Death
16 May 1917 (aged 22)
Belgium
Burial
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium GPS-Latitude: 50.7100194, Longitude: 2.9024056
Plot
II. D. 13.
Memorial ID
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Service No: 2348
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 34th Bn.

Son of William John and Jessie Fuller Lipscomb, of Normanhurst, New South Wales.

Private Eric John Lipscomb, born 24th September 1894 at Normanhurst; occupation: Farmer & Soldier; enlisted at Gunnedah 13th July 1916; trained at Armidale and Maitland; embarked from Sydney 17th October 1916 on board the Borda - calling in at Melbourne, Durban, Cape Town, and Freetown, Sierra Leone; Disembarked 9th January 1917 at Plymouth - moved to Durrington Camp, Lark Hill, Salisbury; joined 34th Battalion, 3rd Division, AIF, on 30th April 1917 and moved to the Armentieres sector of the front; killed in action on 16th May 1917 at Le Tourquet in Belgium only ten days after going into action (aged 22).
Service No: 2348
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 34th Bn.

Son of William John and Jessie Fuller Lipscomb, of Normanhurst, New South Wales.

Private Eric John Lipscomb, born 24th September 1894 at Normanhurst; occupation: Farmer & Soldier; enlisted at Gunnedah 13th July 1916; trained at Armidale and Maitland; embarked from Sydney 17th October 1916 on board the Borda - calling in at Melbourne, Durban, Cape Town, and Freetown, Sierra Leone; Disembarked 9th January 1917 at Plymouth - moved to Durrington Camp, Lark Hill, Salisbury; joined 34th Battalion, 3rd Division, AIF, on 30th April 1917 and moved to the Armentieres sector of the front; killed in action on 16th May 1917 at Le Tourquet in Belgium only ten days after going into action (aged 22).


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  • Created by: John C. Anderson
  • Added: Apr 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50698563/eric_john-lipscomb: accessed ), memorial page for Eric John Lipscomb (24 Sep 1894–16 May 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50698563, citing Tancrez Farm Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium; Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015).