PHILLIPS, Charles Raymond
| Service Number: | 167 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Cornwall England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Glen Huntly, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 167, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 167, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked on HMAT 'A18' Wiltshire from Melbourne on 19th October 1914, disembarking Egypt. | |
| 15 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 167, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt on 15th May 1915 to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. | |
| 31 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 167, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Severely wounded between 31st May and 6th June 1915 at Gallipoli and succumbed to those wounds on 19th June 1915 onboard the Hospital Ship Sicilia en route between Alexandria, Egypt and Malta and was buried at sea. Reverend E. Teale officiating. | |
| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 167, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 167 awm_unit: 4 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-19 |
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CHARLES RAYMOND PHILLIPS
Who died of wounds just as the hospital ship was reaching Malta on 19th June 1915 was the son of the Rev. W. A. Phillips of Glenhuntly. He was born in 1890 and entered Melbourne Grammar School in 1902 and left in 1903. He was farming at Minilya, W.A., for some years, and was in Melbourne on holiday when war broke out. He had just sold his farm and at once enlisted. He was a good horseman and bushman, and joined the Light Horse Brigade. He was a Trooper in the 4th Regiment. His brother, who was also in the Expeditionary Forces, tells that he saw him on the hospital ship and found that he had been shot through the left lung at Anzac.
Source : War Services Old Melburnians 1914 – 1918
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