William Walter Wippell (1893 - 1980)

Born 1893 in Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Nilma Emmerville (Tame) Wippell — married 1919 in Victoria

Died 1980 at about age 87 in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

William Wippell is an Anzac who served in World War One.

William Walter Wippell was born in 1893 at Victoria, Australia. He was a son of William Wippell and Letitia Thomson.^{[citation needed]}

He married Nilma Emmaville Tame in 1919 in Victoria.^[1]

He served in the Australian Imperial Force during The Great War; enlisted 20th January 1916, returned to Australia 31st March 1919.^[2] He was attached to 8th Battalion & posted to France, before being transferred to 1st Headquarters where he served the rest of the military campaign before returning to Australia.

Sources

1. ↑ BDM Victoria. Marriage record: 10920 / 1919. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
2. ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: Private William Walter Wippell; accessed 11 Feb 2019

• Victorian Great War Index 1914-1920
• Victorian Death Index 1921-1985