Accession Number | P08624.024 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Cumberland |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Parramatta1 |
Date made | 1920 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 1634 Private (later Bombardier) Stanley Francis Chippindale 12th Light Horse ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1634 Private (later Bombardier) Stanley Francis Chippindale 12th Light Horse Regiment (later 52nd Bty, 25th Bde Australian Field Artillery), of Parramatta, NSW. A draper prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the RMS Moldavia on 2 October 1915. Bdr Chippindale was awarded a DCM for gallantry and was wounded in action on 19 July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France. He died of his wounds on 17 August 1916 in Newcastle-On-Tyne, aged 21. He is buried in Northumberland 4 St Andrew's and Jesmond Cemetery, United Kingdom.