PHILLIPS, Cyril Alfred
| Service Number: | 21395 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Central State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Salisbury Plain , England, United Kingdom, 6 November 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Involvement 21395, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Embarked 21395, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Bombardier, 21395, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21395 awm_unit: 9th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1916-11-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 22 and the son of Elizabeth Josephine and the late Frederick Louis Phillips, of Brisbane, Queensland.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 6th November…… Cyril Alfred Phillips was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 1st December, 1893.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 18th October, 1915 as a 21 year old, single, Clerk (Bookkeeper) from Brisbane, Queensland.
Gunner Cyril Alfred Phillips, Service number 21395, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 11th May, 1916 with Brigade Ammunition Column & disembarked at Devonport, England on 10th July, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was promoted to Provisional Bombardier on 18th August, 1916.
On 30th October, 1916 Bombardier Phillips was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire with Pleurisy. He was reported ill with Pneumonia (serious) on 31st October, 1916. His mother was advised of his illness.
Bombardier Cyril Alfred Phillips died on 6th November, 1916 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England from Pneumonia.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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