Thomas James (Tom) PHILLIPS

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PHILLIPS, Thomas James

Service Numbers:	334, 6546
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 8 June 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Proof reader
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 20 February 1981, aged 86 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 334, Brisbane, Queensland
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 334, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 334, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 334, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
19 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 334, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right forearm)
17 Nov 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 334, 15th Infantry Battalion, Medically discharged due to wounds
3 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6546, Brisbane, Queensland
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6546, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6546, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
9 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6546, 15th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound (neck and right thigh)
4 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6546, 15th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, Shell wound (right forearm)
20 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6546, 15th Infantry Battalion, Medically discharged due to wound

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'WITH THE COLORS.

Temporary Corporal Tom Phillips, formerly of the reading staff of "The Daily Mail," who has been admitted into the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton (England), suffering from gunshot wounds in the neck and right hip. Corpl. Phillips was wounded in the landing at Gallipoli, and was in the first batch of wounded to arrive home in Brisbane from active service. On recovery, he again enlisted.' from The Daily Mail 25 Aug 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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