Thomas Vincent PHILLIPS

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PHILLIPS, Thomas Vincent

Service Number:	2870
Enlisted:	15 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Perry, Queensland, 26 March 1894
Home Town:	Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Red Hill, Queensland, 22 July 1945, aged 51 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Location: Columbarium 12, Section: Section 7
Memorials:	Tiaro War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2870, Brisbane, Queensland
1 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2870, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
1 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2870, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
25 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
9 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
6 Dec 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 49th Infantry Battalion
2 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2870, 49th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'ROLL OF HONOUR.

PHILLIPS.— In loving memory of our Husband & Father, Sgt. Thomas Vincent Phillips, who passed into a higher sphere than ours, 23nd July, 1945.
Not lost, but merely gone before.
Inserted by his bereaved widow & son.' from The Telegraph 23 July 1947 (nla.gov.au)

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