PHILLIPS, Waterford (Walter)
Service Number: | 816 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 816, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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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 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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