PHILLIPS, Samuel Gilbert
| Service Number: | 2919 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2919, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2919, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2919, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2919 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-05 |
Bereavements
"BEREAVEMENTS/THANKS/We beg to thank the many kind friends who sent letters and telegrams, or personally called and sympathised with us on the death of our son and brother, Lance-Corporal S.G. Phillips, of the 48th Battalion (late 16th), somewhere in France. J. and E. Phillips and family." Kalgoorlie Miner, 20 September 1916, p.4
Submitted 9 November 2021 by Tim Cudini
Sad Intelligence
"The sad intelligence has been conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. J. Phillips, Egan Street, Kalgoorlie, by Chaplain Crean, that their only son, Lance-Corporal Samuel G. Phillips was killed in action in France on August 5. Lance-Corporal Phillips left for Egypt twelve months ago, and became a member of the Signalling Corps. Mr. J. Phillips was for many years a councillor of Coolgardie." Kalgoorlie Miner, 9 September 1916, p.4
Submitted 9 November 2021 by Tim Cudini
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