Accession Number | H05946 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1915 |
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 [Bdr]) Stanley Francis Chippindale 12th Light ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1634 Private (later Bombardier [Bdr]) Stanley Francis Chippindale 12th Light Horse Regiment (later 52nd Battery, 25th Brigade 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.