CHIPPERFIELD R.

Given Names:  Roland

Service Number:  10229

Unit:  10th Field Company, Engineers                                                                               

Rank:  Sapper 

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Age:  27 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3¼ In                  

Weight:  144 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Chipperfield

Studley Terrace, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  20/6/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Runic A54

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Euripides                                         

Embarked:  21/7/1917                               

Disembarked:  18/9/1917

Unit:  10th Field Company, Engineers                                                                                             

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:  11/3/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  46994

Victory Medal:  46178

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1886

Place:  Richmond, Victoria                       

Father:  William Roland CHIPPERFIELD    

Mother:  Elizabeth Constance KIBBLE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:             

Spouse: Mary Ethel STEVENS

DEATH

Date or Year: 3/2/1956                            

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 13/1/1917; gun shot wound, right arm

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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