William Felix PHILIPPSON

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PHILIPPSON, William Felix

Service Number:	1616
Enlisted:	6 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Goldfields State School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of Wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 17 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

6 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle

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Biography contributed

William Felix PHILIPPSON was born in Broken Hill, NSW in 1891

His parents were William Bismarck PHILIPPSON & Elizabeth Evelyn LAWRENCE who married in Broken Hill on 3rd January, 1891

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His brother Clarence Lancelot PHILIPPSON (SN 3390) also served during WW1 & died of wounds on 7th November, 1916

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