HILL, Philip Geoffrey Powys
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pennsylvania, America, 3 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rugby School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Malta, 9 June 1915, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery Plot E. Grave 45.Died of Wounds aged 33. Originally interred in Rinella Military Cemetery There were however about a dozen later burials which were also moved to Kalkara Naval cemetery but to individual graves. Kalkara Naval cemetery is known as Capuccini Naval Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Captain, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Captain, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
NOTE: There are a number of discrepancies in the spelling of both the first and second Given Names. Based on 2 key primary documents - Service Record and the Roll of Honour Circular (completed by his Step-Mother) the names should be spelt Philip Geoffrey. The spelling on this memorial has been corrected to accord with those primary records. VWM Chief Moderator January 2018.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born of British parents in Pennsylvania USA, Philip attended Rugby School in the UK and was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment, serving in the South African war, 1900-1902. After 5 years of active service and 9 in the reserves, in April 1914 Philip resigned his commission with the rank of Captain. Four months later British was at war with Germany and Philip volunteered in Sydney, Australia. Commission as a Captain, he joined the 1st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, and embarked for service overseas in October 1914. The 1st Bn AIF took part in the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, as part of the second and third waves ashore, and in the following days of fierce fighting that ensued. Philip was promoted to Major on 27 April but on 24 May he received a severe abdominal wound from a bayonet. He was taken to Malta for care but died of his wounds on 9 June. On 13 June, Philip’s fiancée, Grace Darling, wrote from Sydney to the military authorities in Australia, asking for news of him, having heard he’d been wounded at Gallipoli. She begged to be informed of any further news, at least ‘before it appears in the paper’. She received word by return of his death on Malta.
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