MADDEN, Phillip Anslem
| Service Number: | 2478 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, April 1890 |
| Home Town: | St Leonards, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers (Catholic) School, North Sydney, , New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 9 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2478, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 26 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2478, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2478, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney | |
| 19 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 2478, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2478 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-11-09 |
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From Greg Newton
2578 Trooper Philip Anslem Madden. 7th Light Horse Regiment. Killed in Action this day near Sheikm Abu Sel, (sic) Palestine on the advance from Beersheeba to Jerusalem.
Philip Madden enlisted in September 2015 as part of the 17th Reinforcements for the 7th Light Horse Regiment, being taken on strength at Tel el Kabir, Egypt in June the following year. As a part of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade the 7ALH Egypt in the defence of Suez and the battle of Romani. It joined the British advance north into Turkish Palestine in 1917. At Beersheba the 7th ALH was on the northern flank advancing on Tel el Sakaty in the face of Turkish guns on the high ground through the day of the famous chase by the 4th Light Horse.
Phillip Madden was killed along with 7 other troopers and their mounts by Turkish shellfire. Their grave sites were lost and they are commemorated on the Jerusalim memorial in Israel.
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