Stanley Lipscomb - Fairlight, NSW, Australia
S 33° 47.514 E 151° 16.228
56H E 339883 N 6259573
Stanley Lipscomb of Manly, died in South Africa, during the Boer War.
Waymark Code: WMYKC7
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/24/2018
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This is a simple headstone, with a cross atop, and the following inscription:
In
Memory Of
Trooper
Stanley Lipscomb
Who died on the 19th June 1901
At Mafeking, Sth Africa
In the Service of the King
and the British Empire
The Monuments Australia website has the following information about the death of Stanley, from another memorial in Manly:
"Private Stanley Lipscomb (Reg. No. 1370), assistant surveyor, born in Wagga Wagga on 8 April 1879, was the son of Walter Alfred Lipscomb, surveyor, of Wood Street, Manly. Private Lipscomb was a member of “D” Company, Imperial Bushmen, New South Wales." Trooper Lipscomb
From the Anglo-Boer War website, for the other monument, is the following:
"1370 Tpr. Stanley Lipscomb" was a member of "D" Coy., NSW Imperial Bushmen and Died of Disease at Mafeking, 19/6/1901." Manly
Visited: 1718, Sunday, 4 February, 2018
* The Website Link is for a separate Memorial, but in Manly, where Stanley was from *
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