Richard TIPPER

Regimental number1437
Place of birthSouth Shields England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Tipper, Tyne Docks, South Shields, Durham, England
Enlistment date4 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 59), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie TIPPER, 74 South Terrace, Wallsend, Northumberland, England. Native of South Shields, England