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William PHILLIPS

Regimental number1853
Place of birthNulla Nulla, Macleay River, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressTerratong Street, Kiama, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Amelia Phillips, 31 Forbes Street, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1853B
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 6), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William PHILLIPS and Rosina GREENHALTCH (his wife); husband of Ameliz PHILLIPS, 6 Bennett Street, Newtown, Sydney
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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