Waterford (Walter) PHILLIPS

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Service Number:	816
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Whipsinham, Isle of Wight, England, 1878
Home Town:	Freshwater, Warringah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 816, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 816, 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, 816, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
2 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 816, 4th Infantry Battalion, Bullet wounds to the left arm and leg

Husband of Matilda Blanche Phillips of Freshwater, NSW later of Isle of Wight

Father of Beatrice Lilian Phillips and Gertrude Matilda Phillips

In his record was a report starting that he could not read or write and his friend wrote letters home for Waterford (Walter)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Dorset Regiment and the Boer War