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Phillip Darby KILLICOAT

Regimental number71
Date of birth2 January 1890
Place of birthBurra, Soouth Australia
SchoolBurra Public School, Roseworthy College, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressAberdeen, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Mary Killicoat, 54 Fifth Street, East Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEast Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot II, row P, Grave No. 226), Lemnos, Greece
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Philip Lander and Mary KILLICOAT, Lambert Road, Joslin, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt David Hatton KILLICOAT DCM, 3rd Light Horse, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919; 3660 Pte Myles KILLICOAT, AGBD, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919; 30709 Driver Harry Ormonde KILLICOAT, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 22 August 1919; Captain Arthur Lander KILLICOAT, 3rd Bn, Royal Scottish Regiment (b. Burra, 29 November 1887; enl. 4 September 1914; war service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Salonika, Palestine; arrived back in Australia, 15 February 1920); Sister: sister Frances Madge KILLICOAT, Australian Army Nursing Service, effective abroad (returned to Australia, late 1918).
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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