PHILLIPS, William Henry Alexander
| Service Number: | 3407 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 February 1917, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Squadron Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, 28 March 1876 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Wolverhampton Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant (Railways) |
| Died: | Northam, Western Australia, 21 November 1953, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northam Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Northam Memorial Hospital |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 3407, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 30 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3407, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3407, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Fremantle | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Squadron Sergeant Major, 3407, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 3407, Cairo |
Obituary
Late Mr. W. H. Phillips
A very well-known identity of Northam's earlier days, Mr. William Henry Alexander Phillips, died in the Northam hospital on Saturday last at the age of 81 years. He was born, at Walsall. Staffordshire , England, on March 28,
1872.
At an early age, the late Mr. Phillips was apprenticed to some of his uncle's sailing ships, travelling to America and the China coast. Coming to Australia in the early nineties, he was for a period at the beginning of the present century, station master at Northam. He took an active interest in the then 18th Light Horse. He was a foundation member and president of the Northam Workers' Club and an early member of the Northam Bowling Club. He was also associated with the dramatic society that flourished in those days, and president of the Railway Union Football Club.
For a time Mr. Phillips followed farming pursuits at Dowerin and Waeel and he was also Clerk of Courts at Northam.
When the 1914-18 war broke out, he went to New Guinea as a patrol officer and later joined the 10th Light Horse in Egypt. Afterwards he served under the late General Allenby with the Royal Engineers, taking part in the capture of Jerusalem. During his service he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. After the Armistice, he continued on with the Palestine Railways as Traffic Superintendent, retiring to live in Cyprus in 1937. For a time he engaged in citrus growing in Palestine and was altogether about 25 years in the Middle East. He returned to Australia with his wife in 1940, but she predeceased him in .1945. The Iate Mr. Phillips leaves a family of two sons, Messrs. Tom Phillips (Northam) and William Phillips (Perth) and two daughters, Edna (Mrs. Campigli), and Patricia (Mrs. Usher), both of Melbourne.
The funeral took place at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon in the Anglican portion of the Northam Cemetery, Rev. Canon L. Bothamley officiating. The pall bearers were Messrs. Geo. Christmass, G. G. Nicholson, W. J. Gillet, C. J. Martin, G. C. Curlewis and M. Loton.
The Northam Advertiser Friday 27 November 1953 page 4
Submitted 11 April 2016 by Faithe Jones
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