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PHILLIPS, Robert Cremer
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1557 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kensington, South Australia, 7 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cycle Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers Betonneux Memorial to the Missing, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1557, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 10 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1557, 27th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcement | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1557, 27th Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915 | |
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1557, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1557, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1557, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , KIA in the 2 Div attack on the Windmill feature |
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