Walter
John
"Wally"
Tipler
Born in Kaimata, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Dorothy Agnes (Tipler) Lawrence, Frederick George Tipler, Winifred Gertrude (Tipler) Knuckey, Lawrence Edwin Tipler, Ernest Tipler, Rita (Tipler) Willy, Barbara Eileen (Tipler) Bourke, Albert James Tipler and Ronald David Tipler
Husband of
Betty Elizabeth (Crozier) Tipler
— married
1946 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 64
in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand
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Walter Tipler is an Anzac who served in World War Two.
Biography
Walter John Tipler, sixth child and fourth son of George Augustus Tipler and his wife Agnes Eveline Stieller was born on 12th December 1911 at Kaimata near Inglewood in Taranaki, New Zealand.
World War Two Private 37247. ENLISTMENT 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.477 Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. EMBARKATION DETAILS Private Infantry Reinforcements Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION Mr. G.A. Tipler, Eltham (father)
On 16th July 1946 Wally married Betty Elizabeth Crozier at New Plymouth. In the next decade the couple had four daughters. By this time Wally seems to have been farming on his own account.
On 25th July 1976 Wally died at Stratford in Taranaki at the age of 64.
He was buried at the Ngaere Cemetery in Eltham, in the Returned Services Association [RSA] section, New Plot #4239, Block 11, Old Plot #19.
Sources
- NZBDM birth 1912/20170 Tipler Walter John mother: Agnes Eveline father: George Augustus
- NZBDM death 1976/49099 Tipler Walter John 12 December 1911
- Auckland War Memorial Museum online cenotaph
- South Taranaki District Council cemetery records
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
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