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PLUMB, Phillip
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 966 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cambridgeshire, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 22 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 62. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 966, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 966, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1892 Plumb Philip Linton 3b 519
He was 25 and the son of John and Susan Plumb, of High St., Balsham, Cambridgeshire. Balsham is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge. The village is south east of the centre of Cambridge beyond the A11 road.
Phillip is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War who are commemorated on the Balsham War Memorial. His name is also in the Roll of Honour Book inside Holy Trinity Church, Balsham.
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