BLICK, Phillip Wynter Robinson
| Service Number: | 6581 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Pokolbin, New South Wales, 7 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Tuberculosis & Peritonitis, Blue Mountains District Hospital, Katoomba, 26 June 1940, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Katoomba General Cemetery Church of England Section KCE3, Row J1, Plot 10 |
| Memorials: | Jandowae War Memorial, Pokolbin Public School Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6581, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6581, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Phillip Wynter Robinson BLICK was born on 7th August 1883 in Pokolbin, NSW
His parents were Wynter Vine BLICK and Sarah Jane SUTCLIFFE
He married Una Ermine JARMAIN in 1910 in "Brewongle" Canaga, Chinchilla, Queensland & had four children Claude, Elvan, Daphne & Eric
On 1st October 1915 he enlisted as a Sapper with 6th Field Company Engineers, 4th Re-inforcements - unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Orsova on 11th March 1916. While he was serving he contracted TB and was also gassed. He returned to Australia on 17th March, 1917 & was admitted to Boddington Red Cross Hospital at Wentworth Falls and not expected to live but he recovered enough & ended up working as a Carpenter at the Blue Mountains District Hospital in Katoomba. His wife & children came from Queensland to join him
DEATH NOTICE - Sydney Morning Herald 27th June 1940
BLICK. June 26, 1940 at Katoomba, Phillip Blick of Nephin, Abbotsford Rd. Katoomba (lae of the 6th Field Engineers A.I.F. dearly beloved husband of Una and dear father of Claude, Elvin, Daphne (Mrs. F , Renous of Lane Cove) and Eric - aged 57 years
His son Claude Wynter Arthur BLICK was in the Aif Force in WW2 and died in 1942 in Canada
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