Herbert Henry PHILLIPS

Badge Number: S229, Sub Branch: N/L
S229

PHILLIPS, Herbert Henry

Service Number: 7537
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Keswick, South Australia, 19 April 1899
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Black Smiths aprtce.
Died: Adelaide South Australia, 6 August 1929, aged 30 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Section: LO, Road: 1N, Site No: 13
Memorials: Plympton North Richmond Baptist Church Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

30 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 7537, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 7537, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne

Herbert Henry Phillips

Herbert Phillips enlisted in Adelaide a few months before his 19th birthday. He was unmarried weighed 97 lbs (44 kg), stood 5'5" (165 cm) tall and had blue eyes light brown hair and a sallow complexion.
His unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Aeneas on 30 October 1917. Herbert was granted leave while serving overseas to attend Palmers shipbuilding and Iron Co in Hebburn on Tyne for three months.
After his return to Australia he married Edith May Wright in 1922. Herbert died aged only 30 it was buried at West Terrace Cemetery. His widow died on 25 March 1966 age 63 and is buried at Centennial Park Cemetery

Except from the book "A Picture of Fortitude". with approval from the Willunga Recreational Park.

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