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Norman PHILLIPS

Regimental number2129
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBruce Rock, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Tunbridge, Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Enlistment date2 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 9 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).

FateDied of wounds 17 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot II, Row b, Grave No. 21), Crouy-Sur-Somme. France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Janie PHILLIPS, Bruce rock, Western Australia. Native of South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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