George Frederick PHILLIPS

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PHILLIPS, George Frederick

Service Number:	903
Enlisted:	11 October 1915, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Morgan, Queensland, 18 June 1897
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 8 March 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 22, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 903, Rockhampton, Queensland
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 903, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 903, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
7 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 903, 42nd Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW (head)
8 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 903, 42nd Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'ROLL OF HONOUR.

PHILLIPS.— In sad but proud and loving memory of our dear beloved Son and Brother, Private George Frederick Phillips, 42nd Battalion, died of wounds in France, 8th March, 1917. Aged 20 years.

Just as his life was brightest
Just as his hopes were best.
His country called-he answered;
With God in heaven he rests.
He sleeps not in his native land
But in a hero's grave he lies.

(Inserted by his loving Father, Brother, and Sisters.)' from The Capricornian 16 Mar 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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