Claude LIPPIATT

Regimental number18817
OccupationNurseryman
Next of kinFather, William Edward Lippiatt, Otahuhu
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 59 Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNieuwkerke (Neuve Eglise) Churchyard (Row V, Grave No 5), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Edward and Jane Lippiatt, Walmsley Road, Otahuhu, Auckland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 14449 Pte Walter Eric LIPPIATT, 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 9 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 5