Whitpaine, Cleveland

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Whitpaine, Cleveland

Service ServiceNumber Number1494 275 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 29th July 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula Pozieres, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Whitpaine, Cleveland

SERVICE NO

275

UNIT

25th Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

18 yrs 4 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Erskinville, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Station hand

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

30 Dec 1914

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Father;- Charles Whitepaine, 85 Railway Pde Erskineville/ The Entrance, Tuggerah Lakes/ Brother;- Gunner R Whitepaine 8225/ Brother;- A C W Whitepaine, Cowan Rd., St. Ives, Pymble Height-5’4”.Weight-134lbs. Chest-33”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown. Tattoo, Butterfly L/Arm

RELIGION EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

9 -12 May 1915- AWOL –Greenhills. 7 Jun 1915- AWOL 8½ hrs.-Greenhills. 17 Jan 1916- Offence-Refused to obey lawful command. 3 Jul 1916- Offence-Drunkeness, France 14 Feb 1916-Adm 7th F.Amb. Ismailia- Meningitis/

DIED

29 Jul 1916- GSW L/Breast- Pozieres

BURIED MEDALS

1914-15 Star-22467, British War Medal-16812, Victory Medal-16746. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-328136.

Gosford Times 30th August 1917 Private Cleveland Whitpaine, aged 19, youngest son of Mr C. Whitpaine, of The Entrance, is reported to have been killed in action in France on 29th July. He was previously reported missing.

Gosford Times 6th September 1917 IN MEMORIUM WHITPAINE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Killed in action in France, July 29th 1916 (previously reported missing), Private Cleveland Whitpaine, aged 19 years, youngest son of Mr C. Whitpaine, The Entrance. Oh, why was he taken so young and so fair. When earth holds so many it could better spare; God bless the spot where darling Cleve lies, Away from our midst near the French foreign skies. Inserted by his dear dad, sisters, Addie, Olive, Ivy and only brother, Syd.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696

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