AMBER, Phillip Henry
| Service Number: | 251 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Hope Valley, South Australia, Australia, 17 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hope Valley, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 22 February 1947, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: | Hope Valley & Highbury Heroes of the Great War Roll, Tea Tree Gully Hope Valley Methodist Church and District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 251, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 251, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 251, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 251, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 251, 27th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 251, 27th Infantry Battalion, Transport Minnewaska, Alexandria |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Signal Company | |
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| 16 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 29 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 251, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, England | |
| 19 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 251, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Philip Henry Amber was born on the 17th of May 1891, in Hope Valley, South Australia. He had 7 sisters and 1 brother. Amber was 23 when he enlisted in the AIF on the 28th of January 1915. Before the war, he was a Gardener. He embarked from Australia 31/5/15.
Private Amber performed his training along with the rest of the 27th battalion in Egypt, but, after a couple of months, he was shipped off to Gallipoli. The 27th were not there long though, arriving in September, and leaving shortly afterwards with the rest of the evacuation party.
After that, he was then transferred out of the 27th infantry battalion, and into the 2nd Divisional signal company, where he became a Driver. The 2nd Div. spent a lot of time in Belgium and Northern France, laying down telephone cables to allow communication throughout the army.
On the 8th March 1917 he got into trouble - AWARD 3 days F. P. NO2. By CO2nd. ADSC. 7/3/17. appearing on Parade unshaven not comp. with an order to have hair cut
Here, we see that P. H. Amber was given 3 days Field Punishment Number 2 (F.P.NO2) by Colonel Second in Command (CO2nd), under Active Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) on the 8/3/1917. This was because on the previous day, he appeared at parade and had not had a haircut as he had been ordered.
After the war, he returned home, where he was married and had a daughter. He died in the 1940s.
He received these 3 medals
1914/15 Star: Awarded to anyone who served in the army of the British Empire during 1914 and 1915.
British War Medal: Awarded to all who served in the army of the British Empire during ww1
Victory Medal: Was issued to all who served in the army of the British Empire, be a part of certain voluntary organizations, and have entered any theatre of war from 1914 to 1918
Bibliography
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Australian Imperial Force Unit war diaries, 1914-18 War, [diary] 1916, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, in Australian War Memorial, AWMF 22/12/7
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1346644?image=5
Australian Imperial Force Unit war diaries, 1914-18 War, [diary] 1916, 27th Infantry Battalion, in Australian War Memorial, AWMF 23/44/1
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Wikipedia Contributors 2019a, British War Medal, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 4 April 2024, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_War_Medal>.
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― 2020, 1914–15 Star, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 4 April 2024, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Star>.
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