Philip Herbert RERDEN

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Service Number:	7369
Enlisted:	1 June 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Princes Hill, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1892
Home Town:	Lubeck, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Clifton Hill State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Natural causes, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1959, aged 66 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment O, Section 8, Grave 46
Memorials:	Maldon Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honour, Northcote Uniting Church Memorial Window

1 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7369, Melbourne
8 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 7369, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Bakara, Melbourne
8 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 7369, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 7369, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 7369, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
1 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
21 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Gassed - effects of heavy gass shell bombardment at Garter Point on 27 to 31 October.
16 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", Shrapnel wound left thigh and compound fracture left arm
25 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion
21 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion

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