Soldier Summary

Horace Bridges Gipps

Military History

Unit: Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921).

Serial Number: 133028 (British Army)

Medals Awarded
  • Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.)
Notes

Occupation: clerk. Served in AIF 5th Division Artillery and 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Served as corporal in the North Russia Relief Force

Events
EventDatePlaceDetails
Residence[1]Sydney, Australia
Enlisted[1]08/15/1914Albert Park, Vic. (Australia)
Won Distinguished Conduct Medal Russia
Mentioned in dispatches1918
Served at Gallipoli1915-1916
Birth1895 (?)
Sources

[1]Anzacs in Arkhangel: the untold story of Australia and the invasion of Russia, 1918-19

 

 

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