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PHILLIPS, Douglas George

Service Number:	3449
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Bendigo
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Hawthorne, Victoria, Australia, 7 November 1950
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3449, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3449, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3449, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
1 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion
10 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion
3 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion
30 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Stayed on duty
6 Apr 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, Third Ypres, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Ypres on 4 October 1917. He reorganized his company when his company commander was wounded, and on reaching the objective in the attack secured the flank of the battalion. His courage skill, and energy did much to insure the success of the action.
1 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, HT China, England for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 8 June 1919
15 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion

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