PHILLIPS, Albert
| Service Number: | 1115 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 November 1914, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campbelltown, Tasmania, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Campbell Town, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial , Grave 51 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out , Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbell Town Roll of Honour, Campbell Town St. Luke's Church War Memorial, Campbell Town St. Luke's Church War Shrine, Campbell Town War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1115, 15th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1115, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1115, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1115, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1115 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert and Mary Ann Phillips of Bedford Street, Campbell Town, Tasmania.
Twin brother of Alfred Phillips who returned to Australia on 24 December 1918 having served with the 12th Battalion
General regret was expressed at Campbell Town when it became known that Private Albert Phillips (15th Battalion) had been killed in action in the Dardanelles on May 31. Private Phillips was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillips, of the Campbell Town district, and was a member of a hard-working and industrious family. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have four sons on active service in the war, one a twin brother of the deceased. Private Phillips was a young man of an amiable and genial disposition, and his friends who knew him feel sure that where any lighting was to be done he would be in the thick of it.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the 92nd Infantry for over 7 years resigning in 1912
Commemorated in St Luke's Anglican Church Cemetery, Campbell Town, Tasmania
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