PHILLIPS, Gustav Henry
| Service Number: | 3452 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Moonta, South Australia, 21 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 25 April 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geranium War Memorial, Pine Point Muloowurtie Memorial Institute , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3452, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3452, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3452, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3452 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-25 |
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"...3452 Lance Corporal Gustav Henry Phillips, 50th Battalion. A labourer from Ardrossan, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 9th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 10 February 1917 aboard HMAT Seang Bee (A48) for Devonport, England. After three months with the 13th Training Battalion at Codford he then proceeded to the Western Front and joined his battalion near Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium in late August 1917. On 17 January 1918 he was appointed a Lance Corporal (L Cpl). L Cpl Phillips was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux, France, on 25 April 1918. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. He was aged 23 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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