Philip Henry RUSSELL

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Service Number:	661
Enlisted:	17 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, 23 May 1887
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Watchmaker
Died:	Died of wounds - cerebal haemorrhage caused by bomb wounds to the head, At sea on board HS Galeka, 6 November 1915, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 64
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bugler, 661, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement 661, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked 661, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
6 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 661, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 661 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-11-06

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Son of Mary Miriam Russell of 193 Barcom Avenue, Darlinghurst, NSW. Brother of Adelaide B. Cohen of Forest Lodge, NSW

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

Served 7 years as an apprentice with H Hyatt of Sydney, NSW

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