PHILPOTT, John Vivian George
| Service Number: | 7317 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blackwood Creek, Tasmania, Australia, 19 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Liffey, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Liffey State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 24 August 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackwood Creek Baptist Church HR, Bracknell District Baptist Churches HR, Liffey Mountain Vale Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Liffey State School Roll of Honour Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 7317, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 7317, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7317, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 24 Aug 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 7317, 40th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7317 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John PHILPOTT and Sarah PREECE
On Monday afternoon Pastor Holloway, of Bracknell, had to convey the sad news to Mr. John Philpott, of the Liffey, that his son, Private John Philpott, had been killed in France. Private Philpott had been away for about a year and a half, and in June last was reported wounded.
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