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TIPLADY, Hugh George
(Service number 49658)

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Birth

Date	05/03/1893	Place of Birth	Staindrop, Durham, England

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	"Winston House", Geraldine
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment - still serving
Marital Status	Single
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	4 July 1966	Age	73 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 5 & 6 July 1966
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Crematorium
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Hugh George TIPLADY was born on 5 March 1893 in England, the son of William TIPLADY and his wife Esther Jane née HARMER. He came to New Zealand with his family in about 1907. He had been examined for service in August 1916 at Geraldine, but had been rejected on account of hernia.

Sources

Timaru Herald, 2 July 1913, 29 August 1914, 14 February 1917, 13 & 14 March 1917, 16 April 1917, Press, 24 October 1922, 15 & 17 August 1933, 21 August 1934 (Papers Past) [29 December 2015]; Timaru Herald, 5 & 6 July 1966 (Timaru District Library) [30 December 2015]

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