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Benjamin PHILLIPS

Regimental number2330
Place of birthFishguard Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressBlair Athol, Central Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinBrother, John Phillips, 37 Strand, Blaengarw, Wales, Uk
Enlistment date20 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 26 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of William PHILLIPS. Native of Pembrokeshire, Wales

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