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PHILLIPS, Alfred Joseph
| Service Number: | 940 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Waterloo, South Australia, 14 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Waterloo, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Waterloo School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, 20 March 1924, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Also memorial plaque at War Graves (Garden of Remembrance) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 940, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 940, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Botanist, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 940 |
Gallopili
Alfred Joseph Phillips went to Gallopili with the 9th Light Horse. Alfred while there was shot in his right arm eventually returning to Australia only to die of TB in 1923 or 1924 and is buried in the West Tce. cemetary in n unmarked grave.a
Submitted 21 April 2015 by marlene Phillips
Biography contributed by Troy Phillips
Joseph Alfred (Alf) Phillips was born on 14 Dec 1888 at Waterloo in South Australia, second son of James Richard Phillips (1863-1949) and Mary Ann nee Jeffrey (1858-1945).
Alf enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 30 Nov 1914 to serve with the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment in the First World War, Service Number: 9400. They departed Adelaide on 2 Jun 1914 aboard HMAT Botanist, and arrived in Gallipoli on 11 Sep 2015.
Alf was wounded in action by a bullet to the right elbow, leaving it permanently limp and painful. He had multiple hospital admissions during 1915 (including diphtheria infection which contributed to his later death) and was invalided to Australia in 1916. After more treatment on the return trip and in Adelaide, Alf was discharged with good character in 1 Nov 1916.
Alf died age 36 on 20 Mar 1924 from Pulmonary Tuberculosis (exacerbated by the diphtheria contracted during service) after time spent in the Hindmarsh Ward of Consumptive House, North Terrace, Adelaide.