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Irwin Ernest PHILLIS

Regimental number5444
Place of birthSnowtown South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressTumby Bay, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Florence Elizabeth Phillis, Whytes Road, Glenelg, South Australia
Enlistment date11 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Florence PHILLIS, Warradale, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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