Ernest Alfred PHILLIPS

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PHILLIPS, Ernest Alfred

Service Number:	1545
Enlisted:	14 October 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	8th Army Service Corps
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, 6 March 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Allenstown State School
Occupation:	Locomotive engine cleaner
Died:	Natural causes (illness), Richmond, Victoria, 13 May 1939, aged 49 years
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton
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World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1545, Sydney, New South Wales
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 1545, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 1545, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
12 Jul 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Army Corps Ammunition Park, 17th Divisional Ammunition Park
31 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1545, 8th Army Service Corps, Medically discharged due to irregular heart

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'PHILLIPS, Ernest Alfred. Corporal, No. 1545, Motor Transport Column. Born at Rockhampton in 1890, and educated at Allenstown State School, Rockhampton. The son of Arthur John and Jane Phillips, of 33, Davis Street, Rockhampton. Married on 1 9th August, 1916, Lillian A. Kirkbride, daughter of J. and Margaret Kirkbride, of Caithness, North Fitzroy, Melbourne. Child, Jean Margaret. Enlisted in September, 1914; attached to the Motor Transport Column. Returned to Australia in June, 1916.' from Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War. (nla.gov.au)

'LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

News has been received that Private Arthur Claude Phillips (/explore/people/322008), son of Mr. A. J. Phillips, 33 Davis-street, Rockhampton, has been wounded. Three of Mr. Phillips's sons have joined the forces. One, Private Ernest Phillips, was invalided home some months ago, but is now working in the military motor garage in Melbourne. Another, Private George Phillips (/explore/people/188829), is at the front.' from Morning Bulletin 27 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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