MCARDELL, Phillip Harris Oldfield
| Service Number: | 4856 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 December 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Invercargill, New Zealand, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Kondinin, Kondinin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Perth, WA |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Mud Corner Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Plot 11, Row B , Grave 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Enlisted Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4856, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4856, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 15 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 4856, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4856 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Phillip Harris Oldfield McARDELL was born in 1883 in Invercargill, New Zealand
His parents were John Orson Oldfield McARDELL and Christina Isabel PURKISS who married on 22.9.1875 in Hobart, Tasmania
He enlisted on 30th December 1915 with the 11th Battalion, 15th re-inforcements - Unit embarked from Fremantle, WA on HMAT Ulysses on 1st April, 1916
He was Killed in Action on 15th July, 1917 - last unit - 51st Battalion and is buried in Mud Corner Cemetery in Belgium
His brothers ( Captain ) John Orson Oldfield McARDELL (Junior) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919 and brother Private Lionel Clarence McARDELL, 28th Battalion returned to Australia in 1916
MORE INFORMATION about his brother John
http://www.upperbeac.rocke.id.au/g3/p3523.htm (www.upperbeac.rocke.id.au)
NZ WAR GRAVES
http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/phillip-harris-oldfield-mcardell (www.nzwargraves.org.nz)
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
WAR DOSSIER
OBITUARY - The West Australian Perth - 7th Aug. 1917
McARDELL - Killed in Action, somewhere in France on July 15, 1917 , Phillip Harris Oldfield, dearly beloved third son of Mr. & Mrs. J. Oldfield-McArdell," Duneraig", Claremont Ave, Claremont, aged 36 years (51st Battalion)
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