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Charles PHILLIPS

Regimental number7023
Place of birthGoondiwindi, Queensland
SchoolState School, Goondiwindi, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address'Linton', Upper Pitt Street, Milson's Point, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24.5
Height5' 9"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs. A. Tomlin, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 October 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'One of sixteen who were killed by a bomb from an aeroplane.' (details from mother)
FateKilled in Action 27 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBelgian Battery Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 7), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Annie PHILLIPS, Goondiwindi, Queensland. Native of Boggabilla, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PHILLIPS Charles

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