RUNDLE, Phillip Harvey Youlden
| Service Number: | 3703 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1916, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, 23 February 1875 |
| Home Town: | Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Newspaper compositor |
| Died: | Natural causes, Chatswood, New South Wales, 16 December 1958, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3703, Randwick, New South Wales | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3703, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3703, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 12 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3703, 6th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Philip was born at Meroo near Mudgee in 1875, being the youngest son of the late Mr. Richard Rundle. He joined the composing department of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1909.
He enlsited as a Private with the ninth reinforcements of the 1st Pioneer Battalion in July 1916. On arrival in England he was transferred to the 6th Field Company Engineers and was attached to them till his discharge. He saw considerable service, being in most of the fighting at Passchendaele, Ypres, Messines, Villers Bretonneux, Peronne, Mont St. Quentin, Armentieres and Amiens. He was wounded at Messines and returned to Austrlaian in March 1919.
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