PHILLIPS, Mervyn Hugh
| Service Number: | 5744 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liechardt, Victoria, Australia, 22 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Horsham State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 June 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5744, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5744, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5744, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 5744, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5744 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Wounded in action 11 June 1917, gunshot wound to the head and died the same day at the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station.
Known as "Mick", he was a younger brother of Private Arthur Egbert Phillips, 4868, killed In action, 19 July, 1916 and was born in the township of Leichardt via Marong.
Mervyn Phillip's attestation initially has him as single and next-of-kin his father in Northcote, with his wife Laura later added. The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages confirm the couple married before he embarked and no children of the brief union.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal in mid-December 1916 but a few weeks later was hospitalised and then restricted to light duty with enteritis, an intestinal ailment and did not re-join his unit in France until mid-May 1917.
Phillips suffered a gunshot wound to the head at Messines on 11 June and died the same day at the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station.
The ROH circular was returned by his wife who was living in Northcote and sent a note in 1918 asking for the settlement of her husband's deferred pay as she was "waiting to leave Victoria".
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