Phillip John VINCENT

VINCENT, Phillip John

Service Number: 6103
Enlisted: 14 March 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Marengo, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Young, Young, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murringo War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

14 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6103, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
22 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 6103, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 6103, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Vincent and Elizabeth Jane Vincent of Young, NSW.

Next of kin given as his brother Alfred James Vincent of Moppity Road, Young, NSW who returned to Australia on 25 October 1917 first time having been wounded while serving with the 54th Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal