KIRKWOOD, Phillip Barton
| Service Number: | 604 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Concord, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gladesville, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row E, Grave 26 Chaplain W. McKenzie officiated, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Gladesville Christ Church War Memorial Gates, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 604, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 604, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 604, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Simpson Rpberts Kirkwood and Jennie McCullock Barton Kirkwood of 'Rathven', St. Mark's Road, Randwick, NSW formerly of 'Speen', Wharf Road, Gladesville, NSW.
Brother of William Russell Barton Kirkwood who was killed in action on 3 May 1917 while serving with the 19th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial; Marjorie B. Kirkwood, John Barton Kirkwood DCM, MID who returned to Australia on 16 December 1917 having served with the 13th Battalion; Noel Edmind Barton MC. MID who returned to Australia on 10 January 1918 having served with the Australian General Hospital; David R.B. Kirkwood and Frederick D. Kirkwood
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served with the Port Kembla Colonial Forces
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