IPSEN  C.F.H.

Given Names:  Carl Frederick Hendrik

           

Service Number:  24557

Unit:  Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Section 3                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  24 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  School Teacher                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  7¾ In                   

Weight:  120 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  16/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Carl Hendrik

1037 Punt Road, East Melbourne, Victoria                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  27/6/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Barambah A37

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Karmala 

Embarked:  1/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  17/8/1919

Unit:  8th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                      

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  7/10/1919                        

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  47671

Victory Medal:  46828

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    1892

Place:  Abbotsford, Victoria                      

Father:  Carl Hendrik IPSEN                     

Mother:  Bessie Jemima WESTMORE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 11/3/1956                          

Place: Blackburn, Victoria                        

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

University of Melbourne

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                     

Date Enlisted: 

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Teacher at Trinity Grammar at enlistment

 

Kew Rotary