PHILLIPS, James Graham
Service Number: | 27951 |
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Enlisted: | 25 February 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1897 |
Home Town: | Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 July 1977, aged 79 years |
Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Grave Location: 7-392, Portion 7/Grave 392. Also the Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 33/Row G; at the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within the grounds) of Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium - Graham Rd - Bridgeman Downs, Qld, Australia. |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27951, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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25 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 27951, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 27951, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
1 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 27951, 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'Mr. A. S. Phillips, Queen street, is in receipt of a cablegram from his eldest son, Gunner W. J. (Jack) Phillips (/explore/people/85831), saying he is returning to Australia. He was gassed in March last, and in May was wounded In the lower right leg by a piece of high explosive shell. The cable also said his other son, Gunner J. G. (Jim) Phillips, was well.' from The Telegraph 7 Sep 1918 (nla.gov.au)